The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015

Requirements to produce licence and counterpart

9.—(1) Where a person—

(a) by notice, summons, citation or otherwise, was, prior to the Commencement Date, required to surrender, deliver or otherwise produce their driving licence and Counterpart; and

(b) the time period for that person to surrender, deliver or otherwise produce their driving licence and Counterpart has not expired prior to the Commencement Date,

that person will be deemed to have complied with that requirement if, on or after the Commencement Date, they surrender, deliver or otherwise produce (as applicable) their driving licence without its Counterpart within the time period referred to in paragraph (b).

(2) Where a person—

(a) by notice, summons, citation or otherwise, was, prior to the Commencement Date, required to surrender, deliver or otherwise produce their driving licence and Counterpart;

(b) prior to the Commencement Date that person surrendered, delivered or otherwise produced their driving licence but not their Counterpart and at the Commencement Date that licence is still held by the person to whom it was surrendered, delivered or otherwise produced; and

(c) the time period for that person to surrender, deliver or otherwise produce their driving licence and Counterpart has not expired prior to the Commencement Date,

that person will, on or after the Commencement Date, be deemed to have complied with that requirement on the Commencement Date.

(3) Where a person was issued with a Community counterpart prior to the Commencement Date paragraphs (1) and (2) are to apply as if references to a Counterpart were references to a Community counterpart and references to a driving licence were to a Community licence.

(4) Where a person was issued with a section 109A counterpart prior to the Commencement Date paragraphs (1) and (2) are to apply as if references to a Counterpart were references to a section 109A counterpart and references to a driving licence were to a Northern Ireland licence.