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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-qualifications-of-operators-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Qualifications of Operators) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-qualifications-of-operators-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Serious Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person has a conviction of a “serious offence” if—\n(a) that person has been convicted of any offence under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom; and\n(b) on such conviction there was imposed on that person for that offence a punishment falling within paragraph (2).\n(2) The punishments are—\n(a) a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding three months;\n(b) a fine exceeding level 4 on the standard scale;\n(c) a community service order or community payback order requiring a person to perform work for more than 60 hours; and\n(d) in the case of an offence committed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, any punishment corresponding to those mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).\n(3) In paragraph (2) —\n(a) the reference to a sentence of imprisonment includes a reference to any form of custodial sentence or order, other than one imposed under the enactments relating to mental health;\n(b) “community service order” means an order under Article 13 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 ; and\n(c) “community payback order” means an order under section 227A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1995 c. 46"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/257/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:05.007711+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}