Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

7 Duty of accused to provide licence. E+W+S

A person who is prosecuted for an offence involving [F1obligatory or discretionary disqualification] and who is the holder of a licence must—

(a)cause it to be delivered to the clerk of the court not later than the day before the date appointed for the hearing, or

(b)post it, at such a time that in the ordinary course of post it would be delivered not later than that day, in a letter duly addressed to the clerk and either registered or sent by the recorded delivery service, or

(c)have it with him at the hearing

[F2and the foregoing obligations imposed on him as respects the licence also apply as respects the counterpart to the licence.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 7 applied with modifications by S.I. 1987/1378, reg. 25(3) (as amended by S.I. 1990/842, reg. 9)

C2S. 7: power to exclude or modify conferred (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52, SIF 107:1), s. 193A(2)(b) (inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 46(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.).

C4S. 7 applied (with modifications) (12.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/2864, reg. 80(5)(a)