Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

91 Production of licence to the court

(1) The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 7 (trial: duty of accused to provide licence to the court)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Where—

(a) a person who is the holder of a licence is prosecuted for an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification,

(b) there is a hearing, and

(c) the person attends the hearing,

the person must bring the licence to the hearing.”;

(b) omit subsections (1A), (1B), (1C) and (2).

(3) In section 27 (sentence: production of licence to the court)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Where—

(a) a person who is the holder of a licence is convicted of an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification, and

(b) a court proposes to make, or makes, an order disqualifying the person,

the court may require the licence to be produced to it.”;

(b) in subsection (3)(b), at the beginning insert “unless the licence is already treated as being revoked under section 37(1),”.