Part IV Miscellaneous and General
C197 Meaning of “offence involving obligatory disqualification” and “offence involving discretionary disqualification”.
1
For the purposes of this Act, an offence involves obligatory disqualification if it is an offence under a provision of the Traffic Acts specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act or an offence specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule and either—
a
the word “obligatory” (without qualification) appears in column 5 (in the case of Part I) or column 2 (in the case of Part II) against the offence, or
b
that word appears there qualified by conditions or circumstances relating to the offence which are satisfied or obtain.
2
For the purposes of this Act, an offence involves discretionary disqualification if it is an offence under a provision of the Traffic Acts specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act or an offence specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule and either—
a
the word “discretionary” (without qualification) appears in column 5 (in the case of Part I) or column 2 (in the case of Part II) against the offence, or
b
that word appears there qualified by conditions or circumstances relating to the offence which are satisfied or obtain.