Regulation 47 Removal of disqualification
Subject to paragraph (2) and (3) the Department may remove a disqualification under Article 74(4) of the Order, if an application for the removal of the disqualification is made after the expiration of whichever is relevant of the following periods commencing on the date of the disqualification—
two years, if the disqualification is for less than four years;
one half of the period of the disqualification, if it is for less than ten years, but not less than four years;
five years in any other case.
An application may not be made if the applicant has during the relevant period been convicted (or treated as convicted) of an offence by virtue of which he has incurred any further relevant endorsements.
Where an application under paragraph (1) for the removal of a disqualification is refused, a further such application shall not be entertained if made within three months after the date of refusal.