Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

5 (1) Section 56 (road traffic offences in Republic of Ireland: application of section 57) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) The driving disqualification condition is met—

(a) in relation to an offence mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 3B, if the offender is disqualified in the Republic of Ireland as a result of the offence;

(b) in relation to an offence mentioned in Part 2 of that Schedule, if the offender is disqualified in the Republic of Ireland for a period not less than the minimum period as a result of the offence.”

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “a State” substitute “ the Republic of Ireland ”,

(b) for “in that State” substitute “ there ”, and

(c) for “the law of that State” substitute “ the law of the Republic of Ireland ”.

(4) For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) The minimum period is—

(a) for an offence in relation to which the Secretary of State has by regulations specified a period of less than six months, that period;

(b) for any other offence, a period of six months.”

(5) Omit subsection (5).

(6) In subsection (6), for “the part of the United Kingdom in which the offender is normally resident” substitute “ the relevant part of the United Kingdom ”.

(7) After that subsection insert—

“(6A) In subsection (6), “the relevant part of the United Kingdom” means—

(a) where the offender was normally resident in the United Kingdom when convicted, the part of the United Kingdom in which the offender was normally resident at that time;

(b) where the offender was not normally resident in the United Kingdom when convicted but held a Great Britain licence or a Northern Ireland licence, the part of the United Kingdom in which the offender was last normally resident before conviction.”

(8) Omit subsection (7).

(9) In subsection (8)—

(a) for “treating” substitute “ about when ”,

(b) after the first “United Kingdom” insert “ are to be treated for the purposes of this section ”, and

(c) for “a member state other than the United Kingdom” substitute “ the Republic of Ireland ”.

(10) After subsection (9) insert—

“(10) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend Schedule 3B.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 5 in force in accordance with art. 3(1)(3) of the commencing S.I. by S.I. 2017/189, art. 3(2)