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5[F1(1)Where—E+W+S
(a)there is a person to whom this Part of this Schedule applies,
(b)the person satisfies the conditions in section 2(1)(b) to (da) and (f) or (3)(a) to (d) and (f),
(c)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the person has been issued with a test certificate, and
(d)the person’s driving record, licence or test certificate shows the date on which the person became a qualified driver,
the Secretary of State must by notice served on the person revoke the person’s test certificate and this sub-paragraph applies to the person instead of section 3(1).]
F2(1ZA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F3(1A)Where the Secretary of State serves on the holder of a Northern Ireland licence a notice under sub-paragraph (1) F4..., the Secretary of State must send to the licensing authority in Northern Ireland particulars of the notice together with [F5, if the Secretary of State is already in receipt of it,] the Northern Ireland test certificate.
(1B)Where the Secretary of State is sent by that licensing authority particulars of a notice served on the holder of a licence under a provision of Northern Ireland law corresponding to sub-paragraph (1) F6..., he must by notice served on that person revoke his test certificate.]
(2)A revocation under [F7this paragraph] shall have effect from a date specified in the notice of revocation which may not be earlier than the date of service of that notice.
(3)The effect of the revocation of a person’s test certificate is that any prescribed conditions to which his provisional licence ceased to be subject when he became a qualified driver shall again apply.
[F8(4)In this paragraph and paragraph 8 references to the revocation of a person’s Northern Ireland test certificate are references to its revocation as respects Great Britain.
(5)The effect of the revocation of a person’s Northern Ireland test certificate as respects Great Britain is that any prescribed conditions to which his Northern Ireland provisional licence ceased to be subject when he became a qualified driver shall again apply for the purposes of section 109(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.]
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F1Sch. 1 para. 5(1) substituted (30.11.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(a); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F2Sch. 1 para. 5(1ZA) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(b); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F3Sch. 1 para. 5(1A)(1B) inserted (11.10.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 55(a); S.I. 2004/2624, art. 2(1)(2)(b)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(1A) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(c)(i); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(1A) inserted (30.11.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(c)(ii); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(1B) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(d); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F7Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(2) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 27(5)(c); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F8Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(5) inserted (11.10.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 55(c); S.I. 2004/2624, art. 2(1)(2)(b)
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