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(1)The references in sections 7, 26(7) and (8) F2... [F3, 27 and 37A] of this Act to a licence includes references to a Community licence; and accordingly the reference in section 27(3)(b) of this Act to the suspension of a licence is to be construed in relation to a Community licence as a reference to the Community licence holder ceasing to be authorised by virtue of section 99(A)(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to drive in Great Britain a motor vehicle of any class.
F4(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)Where a court orders the holder of a Community licence to be disqualified, it must send the Community licence F5..., on [F6its] being produced to the court, to the Secretary of State.
F7(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F8(7)Where—
(a)a notice is sent to the Secretary of State under section 44A above for the endorsement of a person's driving record with any particulars or penalty points, and
(b)the particulars contained in the notice include—
(i)particulars of an offence in respect of which the holder of a Community licence, or a person normally resident in [F9an] EEA state who does not hold a licence, is disqualified by an order of a court, and
(ii)particulars of the disqualification,
the Secretary of State must send a notice containing the particulars mentioned in paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) to the licensing authority in the EEA state in respect of which the Community licence was issued or, where the person disqualified is not the holder of a licence, the licensing authority in the EEA state where the person is normally resident.
(7A)Where a Community licence has been sent to the Secretary of State in pursuance of subsection (5) above, he must return the Community licence to the holder—
(a)on the expiry of the period of disqualification, or
(b)if earlier, on being satisfied that the holder has left Great Britain and is not normally resident there.]
F10(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 91A inserted (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/1974, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4
F2Words in s. 91A(1) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 10 para. 17(a); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F3Words in s. 91A(1) substituted (30.11.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 10 para. 17(b); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F4S. 91A(2)-(4) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 59(3), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F5Words in s. 91A(5) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 59(4)(a), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F6Word in s. 91A(5) substituted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 59(4)(b); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
F7S. 91A(6) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 59(5), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F8S. 91A(7)(7A) substituted for s. 91A(7) (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 59(6); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
F9Word in s. 91A(7)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Driving Licences (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1251), regs. 1(2), 3(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10S. 91A(8)-(10) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 59(7), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
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