Paragraph 3 I1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 3 para. 1 words inserted by Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) 1980 art. 10(2)
Sch. 3 para. 3(2) substituted by Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) 1980 art. 10(3)
Sch. 3 para. 4(1) words omitted by Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) 1980 art. 10(4)
Sch. 3 para. 4(2) substituted by Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) 1980 art. 10(4)

(1)

The holder of a driving permit disqualified in consequence of a conviction or of the order of a court for holding or obtaining a driving licence shall, if so required by the court, produce his driving permit within five days, or such longer time as the court may determine, and the court shall forward it to the Secretary of State.

F1(2)

The Secretary of State on receiving a permit forwarded under the foregoing sub-paragraph, shall—

(a)

retain the permit until the disqualification ceases to have effect or until the holder leaves Great Britain, whichever is the earlier;

(b)

send the holder’s name and address, together with the particulars of the disqualification, to the authority by whom the permit was issued; and

(c)

if the permit is a Convention driving permit, record the particulars of the disqualification on the permit.

(3)

A person failing to produce a driving permit in compliance with this paragraph shall be guilty of an offence which shall be treated for the purposes of section 177 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 and of Part I of Schedule 4 thereto as an offence against the provision specified in column 1 of that Part as section 101(4) and he shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 para. 3(2) substituted (14.6.1989) by The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/993), arts. 1, 2(3)(b)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 2.8.1975, see art. 9(2)