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Changes over time for: Section 57
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Version Superseded: 08/06/2015
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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999, Section 57.
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Removal of disqualificationE+W+S
57.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of State may remove a disqualification for a period of more than two years imposed under section 117(2)(a) of the Traffic Act, after consultation with [a traffic commissioner in a case which was referred under regulation 56(5)], if an application for the removal of the disqualification is made after the expiration of whichever is relevant of the following periods commencing on the date of the disqualification—
(a)two years, if the disqualification is for less than four years;
(b)one half of the period of the disqualification, if it is for less than ten years, but not less than four years;
(c)five years in any other case.
(2) An application may not be made if the applicant has during the relevant period been convicted (or treated as convicted) of an offence by virtue of which he has incurred—
(a)penalty points, or
(b)an endorsement of a Northern Ireland driving licence held by him, or of its counterpart, with particulars of a conviction pursuant to provisions for the time being in force in Northern Ireland that correspond to sections 44 and 45 of the Offenders Act.
(3) Where an application under paragraph (1) for the removal of a disqualification is refused, a further such application shall not be entertained if made within three months after the date of refusal.
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