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Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
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Revocation of licence because of disability or prospective disabilityN.I.
10.—(1) If the Department is at any time satisfied on inquiry—
(a)that a licence holder is suffering from a relevant disability, and
(b)that the Department would be required by virtue of Article 9(3)F1. . . to refuse an application for the licence made by him at that time,
the Department may serve notice in writing on the licence holder revoking the licence with effect from such date as may be specified in the notice, not being earlier than the date of service of the notice.
(2) If the Department is at any time satisfied on inquiry that a licence holder is suffering from a prospective disability, the Department may—
(a)serve notice in writing on the licence holder revoking the licence with effect from such date as may be specified in the notice, not being earlier than the date of service of the notice, and
(b)on receipt of the licence so revoked and its counterpart and of an application made for the purposes of this paragraph, grant to the licence holder, free of charge, a new licence for a period determined by the Department under Article 15(1)(c).
[F2(2A) The Department may require a person to provide—
(a)evidence of his name, address, sex and date and place of birth, and
(b)a photograph which is a current likeness of him,
before granting a licence to him on application made for the purposes of paragraph (2)[F3 or paragraph (6)].]
(3) A person whose licence is revoked under paragraph (1) or (2) must deliver up the licence and its counterpart to the Department forthwith after the revocation and a person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to do so is guilty of an offence under this Order.
[F4(4) Where a person whose licence is revoked under paragraph (1) or (2)—
(a)is not in possession of his licence and its counterpart in consequence of the fact that he has surrendered them to a constable or an authorised person (within the meaning of Part IV of the Offenders Order) on receiving a fixed penalty notice given to him under Article 60 of that Order, but
(b)delivers them to the Department immediately on their return.
he is not in breach of the duty under paragraph (3).]
[F3(5) Where the Department—
(a)is at any time sent by the licensing authority in Great Britain a licence under section 109B of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and
(b)by virtue of the reasons given by that authority for sending the licence is at that time satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) or that the licence holder is suffering from a prospective disability,
the Department may serve notice in writing on the licence holder revoking the licence with effect from such date as may be specified in the notice, not being earlier than the date of service of the notice.
(6) Where the reasons given by the licensing authority in Great Britain for sending the licence relate to a prospective disability of the holder, the Department may, on an application made for the purposes of this paragraph, grant to the holder, free of charge, a new licence for a period determined by the Department under Article 15(1)(c).]
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