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PART 8
Amendment of Act of 2002
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Amendment of Act of 2002
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12. The Act of 2002 is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following section for section 6:
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“6. (1) Where, during the period of 3 years for which penalty points stand endorsed on the entry of a person or the period of 6 months for which a person stands disqualified pursuant to section 3 for holding a licence, the person—
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(a) becomes disqualified pursuant to Part III of the Principal Act, section 29 of the Act of 2010 or section 40 of the Act of 2016, or
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(b) ceases to be the holder of a licence,
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no part of the period of the disqualification referred to in paragraph (a) or the cesser referred to in paragraph (b), as the case may be, shall be reckoned as part of the period of 3 years or part of the period of 6 months, and the date of the ending of the two latter periods shall be determined accordingly.
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(2) Where, during the period when a person—
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(a) is disqualified pursuant to Part III of the Principal Act, section 29 of the Act of 2010 or section 40 of the Act of 2016, or
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(b) ceases to be the holder of a licence,
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penalty points are endorsed on the entry of the person, no part of the period of the disqualification referred to in paragraph (a) or the cesser referred to in paragraph (b), as the case may be, shall be reckoned as part of the period of 3 years for which the penalty points stand endorsed on the entry and, should the person, in consequence of the endorsement of the penalty points, stand disqualified pursuant to section 3, no part of the period of the disqualification referred to in paragraph (a) or the cesser referred to in paragraph (b), as the case may be, shall be reckoned as part of the period of 6 months of that disqualification.”,
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and
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(b) in Part 4 of the First Schedule, by the substitution of the following references for reference number 4:
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