The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Heavy Goods and Public Service Vehicles) Regulations 1990

Removal of disqualification

10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and (3) below, the Secretary of State may, under paragraph 6(4) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act, remove a disqualification imposed under paragraph 6(2)(a) of that Schedule if the application for the removal of the disqualification is made after the expiration of whichever is relevant of the following periods from the commencement of the disqualification, that is to say—

(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, including disqualification for an indefinite period.

(2) The applicant must have incurred no further penalty points or relevant endorsements.

(3) Where an application under paragraph (1) above for the removal, under paragraph 6(4) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act, of a disqualification is refused, a further such application shall not be entertained if made within three months after the date of refusal.