{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972/schedule-10/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/20",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
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  "text": "For the purpose of determining—\n(a) the punishment (by fine, imprisonment or both) which may be imposed on a person in respect of the commission by him of an offence under any provision of this Act; or\n(b) whether such an offence committed by a person involves obligatory disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence under Part III of this Act; or\n(c) the length of the period for which a person is to be ordered to be disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence under the said Part III,\nan offence committed by that person under the corresponding enactment repealed by this Act or under an enactment repealed by the 1960 c. 16.Road Traffic Act 1960 which by paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 19 to that Act is to be treated as having been committed under an enactment contained in that Act shall be deemed to have been committed under that provision ; and. in a case where such a determination depends upon whether that person has been previously convicted of an offence under any other provision of this Act. an offence committed by that person under an enactment so repealed which corresponds with an offence under that other provision of this Act shall be deemed to have been committed under that other provision.\nFor the purposes of this paragraph an offence under section 3(3) of the 1967 c. 30.Road Safety Act 1967 shall be treated as corresponding with an offence under section 9(3) of this Act and where the punishment for an offence under section 5(1), 6(1) or 9(3) of this Act depends upon whether the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (i) or in paragraph (ii) of the entry relating to the last-mentioned offence in column 4 of Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act are shown, the reference to the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (i) shall include a reference to the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (a) of the said section 3(3) and the reference to the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (ii) shall include a reference to the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (b) of the said section 3(3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/20/schedule/10/paragraph/5",
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  "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."
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