Revocation of licences and re-testing
2F5Persons to whom section 3(1) applies
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Section 3(1) (revocation of licences) applies to a person who—
a
is the holder of a licence, and
b
satisfies the conditions in subsection (1) or (3).
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F7A person satisfies the conditions in this subsection if—
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b
F9the person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory endorsement;
c
the penalty points to be taken into account under section 29 of the M1Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 on that occasion number six or more;
d
the court makes an order falling within section 44(1)(b) of that Act in respect of the offence;
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the Secretary of State is required under section 44A(2) of that Act to endorse the person’s driving record with particulars of the offence and the penalty points to be attributed to it;
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it appears to the F13Secretary of State, in the light of the order and the date so shown, that the offence was committed during the person’s probationary period.
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F15A person satisfies the conditions in this subsection if—
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the person has been given a fixed penalty notice under section 54 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 or a conditional offer has been issued to the person under section 75 of that Act;
b
the offence to which the fixed penalty notice or the conditional offer relates is one involving obligatory endorsement;
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the Secretary of State is required under section 57A(5) or 77A(2) of that Act to endorse the person’s driving record with particulars of the offence and the penalty points to be attributed to it;
d
the penalty points to be taken into account by the F18Secretary of State in respect of the offence number six or more;
e
the F19person’s driving record or licence shows the date on which the person became a qualified driver; and
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For the purposes of subsection (3)(d) the penalty points to be taken into account F2... in respect of the offence are the penalty points which would have been taken into account under section 29 of the M2Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 if—
a
the person in question had been convicted of the offence; and
b
the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence on that occasion had been determined in accordance with section 28(3) of that Act.
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In this section and section 3 “licence” includes a Northern Ireland licence.
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