# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1990, Regulation 8


In regulation 24 (disabilities) there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraphs—
“(7) Subject to paragraph (8), the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of subsection (5) of section 94 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, under subsection (4) of that section, are that the person who is an applicant for, or holder of, a licence—
(a) has been disqualified by an order of a court by reason that the proportion of alcohol in his breath, blood or urine exceeded the limit prescribed by virtue of section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 by at least two and a half times or that he failed, without reasonable excuse, to provide a specimen when required to do so pursuant to section 7 of that Act; or
(b) has been disqualified by an order of a court on two or more occasions within any period of 10 years by reason that the proportion of alcohol in his breath, blood or urine exceeded the limit prescribed by virtue of section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or that he was unfit to drive through drink contrary to section 4 of that Act.
(8) In paragraph (7)(a) the order of the court shall have been made on or after 1st June 1990 and in paragraph (7)(b) at least the last such order shall have been made on or after 1st June 1990.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/842/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-8
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