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Road Safety Act 2006, Paragraph 59 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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59(1)Section 91A (application to Community licence holders) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1), for the words from “27” to “48(1) and (2)” substitute “ and 32 ”.

(3)Omit subsections (2) to (4).

(4)In subsection (5)—

(a)omit “and its counterpart (if any)”, and

(b)for “their” substitute “ its ”.

(5)Omit subsection (6).

(6)For subsection (7) substitute—

(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 another 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.

(7)Omit subsections (8) to (10).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 59(1)(3)-(7) in force at 8.6.2015 by S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)

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