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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prostitution-public-places-scotland-act-2007-disqualification-from-driving-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2490",
  "legislation_title": "The Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Disqualification from Driving) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prostitution-public-places-scotland-act-2007-disqualification-from-driving-order-2011",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Power to disqualify from holding or obtaining a licence",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a person is convicted by a court of a relevant offence; and\n(b) the court is satisfied that, at the time the offence was committed, the person was driving or was otherwise in charge of a motor vehicle,\nthe court may make an order that the person is to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part III of the 1988 Act.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a “relevant offence” is an offence under any of the following provisions of the 2007 Act—\n(a) section 1(1) (soliciting for prostitution); and\n(b) section 1(3) (loitering for prostitution).\n(3) A disqualification order—\n(a) may be made in addition to, or instead of, any other disposal available to the court (including a disposal under section 1(5) of the 2007 Act); and\n(b) is to be framed so as to have effect for such period as the court considers appropriate in all the circumstances.\n(4) A disqualification order may not be made in respect of an offence committed before the coming into force of this Order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 10.11.2011, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2490/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:06.194412+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."
}