Road Traffic Act, 1994

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Application of provisions of Principal Act to provisional licences.

29.—(1) Sections 22 (2), (4) and (5), 26, 27, 28 (1), (3), (4) and (5), 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39 and 41 of the Principal Act shall be deemed to apply to provisional licences as they apply to driving licences except that—

(a) where a person has been disqualified under section 26 or 27 of the Principal Act for holding a driving licence during a specified period and thereafter until he has produced to the appropriate licensing authority a certificate of competency, the person may, at the end of the specified period, apply for and be granted a provisional licence in accordance with the provisions of section 35 of the Principal Act;

(b) where a person has been disqualified under section 28 (2) of the Principal Act for holding a driving licence, he may apply for and be granted a provisional licence in accordance with the provisions of the said section 35; and

(c) where a holder of a provisional licence in respect of vehicles of any class for a period has been granted a certificate of competency in respect of such class he shall not, by virtue of the application of section 22 (5) of the Principal Act to provisional licences, be disqualified for applying for a driving licence in respect of vehicles of that class for any period which or part of which is within that period.

(2) Section 35 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) for “defendant” of “person driving the vehicle”.