Road Traffic Act 2010
PART 7 Disqualification | ||
Disqualification for holding driving licence. |
64.— (1) Section 30 (inserted by section 20 of the Act of 1968) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (1) the following: | |
“(1) A person in respect of whom a consequential, ancillary or special disqualification order is made stands disqualified in accordance with the order for holding a driving licence, and— | ||
(a) an Irish driving licence or learner permit held by him or her at the date of the order stands suspended, correspondingly, | ||
(b) where he or she holds a foreign driving licence to which the European Communities (Recognition of Driving Licences of Other Member States) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 464 of 2008 ) apply, those Regulations do not apply to that licence, or | ||
(c) a foreign driving licence (other than a licence referred to in paragraph (b)) held by him or her at the date of the order has no effect in the State.”. | ||
(2) Section 3 of the Act of 2002 is amended by substituting for subsection (1) the following: | ||
“(1) When penalty points are endorsed on the entry of a person and, in consequence, the total number of penalty points standing so endorsed equals or exceeds 12, the person stands disqualified for a period of 6 months beginning on the appropriate date for holding a licence, and— | ||
(a) an Irish licence held by him or her at the beginning of the period stands suspended correspondingly, or | ||
(b) a foreign driving licence held by him or her at the beginning of the period has no effect in the State.”. |