Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 27:

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s. 27 text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 33(2) Sch. 7(4)
s. 27(1) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 33(3)
s. 27(3) text amended by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 32 Pt. 1 para. 53
s. 27(3) text amended by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 7 Pt. 4
s. 27(3)(b) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 33(4)
s. 27(4) repealed in part by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 14
s. 27(4) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 33(5)
s. 27(5) words substituted by 2003 c. 39 Sch. 8 para. 313

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:

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Act applied by S.I. 2005/2222 art. 41(16)
Act applied by S.I. 2011/41 art. 40(17)
Act modified by S.I. 2006/2167 art. 27
Act transfer of functions by S.I. 2009/1885 art. 2(1)
Act words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 4
Blanket Amendment words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 1(2)

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):

s. 30A-30D inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 34(3)
s. 30C(5)(f) text amended by S.I. 2009/1885 Sch. 1 para. 15
s. 34D-34G inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 15(1)
s. 34D(1)(d) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(a)
s. 34D(3) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(b)
s. 34D(5A) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(c)
s. 34D(6)(a) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(d)(i)
s. 34D(6)(b) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(d)(ii)
s. 34D(6A) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(e)
s. 34F(5)(f) text amended by S.I. 2009/1885 Sch. 1 para. 17
s. 34BA(5)(f) text amended by S.I. 2009/1885 Sch. 1 para. 16
s. 35A 35B inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 16 para. 2(2)
s. 35A(4)(h) power to modify conferred by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 22 para. 34(2)
s. 35C 35D inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 16 para. 2(3)
s. 35C(4)(d) power to modify conferred by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 22 para. 35(2)
s. 40B(9) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 33
s. 41B inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 15(2)
s. 44A inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 9(3)
s. 45A inserted by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 10
s. 45A(3)-(5) substituted by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 42
s. 57A inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 9(5)
s. 57A(1) text amended by 2006 c. 49 s. 10(9) Sch. 7(4)
s. 57A(3) text amended by 2006 c. 49 s. 10(10)
s. 57A(4) text amended by 2006 c. 49 s. 10(11)
s. 58A inserted by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 17
s. 61A inserted by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 19
s. 61A heading text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 49(4) Sch. 7(4)
s. 61A(1) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 49(2) Sch. 7(4)
s. 61A(3) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 49(3)
s. 77A inserted by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 27
s. 77A(1) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 54(2)(a) Sch. 7(4)
s. 77A(1) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 54(2)(b)(c)
s. 77A(2) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 54(3)(a)(c)
s. 77A(2) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 54(3)(b) Sch. 7(4)
s. 84A inserted by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 30
s. 90F text amended by 2008 c. 26 s. 128
s. 91ZA 91ZB inserted by 2003 c. 32 s. 77(2)
s. 91ZA(1)(b) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(2)(a) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(1)(d)-(f) repealed by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(2)(b) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(1)(h)-(j) repealed by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(2)(c) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(1)(i) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 31(a)
s. 91ZA(1)(k) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 31(b)
s. 91ZA(1)(k) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(2)(d) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(1)(l) repealed by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(2)(e) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(3)-(6) repealed by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(3) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(7) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(4)(a) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(7) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(4)(b)
s. 91ZA(8) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(5) Sch. 7(4)
s. 91ZA(9)(a) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(6)(a)
s. 91ZA(9)(b)(i) text amended by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 57(6)(b)
s. 91ZB repealed by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 58 Sch. 7(4)
s. 97A inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 8

Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988:

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Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:

S.I. 2003/808 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 30)
S.I. 2004/81 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 44)
S.I. 2004/827 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 20)
S.I. 2004/1572 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 20)
S.I. 2004/2380 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 18)
S.I. 2004/2624 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 32)
S.I. 2004/3338 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 30)
S.I. 2005/910 art. 3 commences (2003 c. 39)
S.I. 2005/950 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
S.I. 2005/1521 art. 2-4 commences (2005 c. 15)
S.I. 2005/1676 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 13)
S.I. 2005/2122 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2005/950 Sch. 2 para. 23
S.I. 2006/2826 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 18)
S.I. 2007/237 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 49)
S.I. 2007/2472 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 49)
S.I. 2007/3285 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 13)
S.I. 2008/1918 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 49)
S.I. 2008/2504 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 27)
S.I. 2008/3164 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 49)
S.I. 2009/107 art. 2-5 Sch. 1-5 Commencement Order
S.I. 2009/1095 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 18)
S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
S.I. 2011/19 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 49)
S.S.I. 2008/42 art. 3 commences (2007 asp 6)
S.S.I. 2008/192 art. 3 Sch. commences (2007 asp 6)
S.S.I. 2008/329 art. 3 Sch. commences (2007 asp 6)
S.S.I. 2008/362 art. 3 Sch. commences (2007 asp 6)
S.S.I. 2009/116 art. 3 Sch. commences (2007 asp 6)
S.S.I. 2009/238 art. 1 revocation of earlier commencing SSI 2009/116
S.S.I. 2009/432 art. 3 Sch. 1 2 commences (2007 asp 6)
S.S.I. 2010/413 art. 2 Sch. commences (2010 asp 13)

27 Production of licence.E+W+S

(1)Where a person who is the holder of a licence is convicted of an offence involving obligatory [F1or discretionary disqualification, and a court proposes to make an order disqualifying him or an order under section 44 of this Act, the court must, unless it has already received them,], require the licence [F2and its counterpart] to be produced to it.

F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)If the holder of the licence has not caused it [F4and its counterpart] to be delivered, or posted it [F4and its counterpart], in accordance with section 7 of this Act and does not produce it [F4and its counterpart] as required [F5under this section or [F6section 40 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, section 146 or 147 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000] or section 223A or 436A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975][F7, or if the holder of the license does not produce it and its counterpart as required by section 40B of the M1Child Support Act 1991, then,] unless he satisfies the court that he has applied for a new licence and has not received it—

(a)he is guilty of an offence, and

(b)the licence shall be suspended from the time when its production was required until [F8it and its counterpart are] produced to the court and shall, while suspended, be of no effect.

(4)Subsection (3) above does not apply where the holder of the licence—

(a)has caused a current receipt for the licence [F9and its counterpart] issued under section 56 of this Act to be delivered to the [F10proper officer] of the court not later than the day before the date appointed for the hearing, or

(b)has posted such a receipt, at such time that in the ordinary course of post it would be delivered not later than that day, in a letter duly addressed to the [F10proper officer] and either registered or sent by the recorded delivery service, or

(c)surrenders such a receipt to the court at the hearing,

and produces the licence [F11and its counterpart] to the court immediately on [F12their] return.

[F13(5)In subsection (4) above “proper officer” means—

(a)in relation to a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, the justices’ chief executive for the court, and

(b)in relation to any other court, the clerk of the court.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Words in s. 27(1) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 91(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.

F2Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 3(a)

F3S. 27(2) repealed (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), ss. 48, 83, Sch. 4 para. 91(3), Sch. 8; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.

F4Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 3(b)

F5Words in s. 27(3) inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 91(4); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.

F6Words in s. 27(3) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 120

F7Words in s. 27(3) substituted (2.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 16(5) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/3354, art. 2(3)

F8Words substituted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 3(b)

F9Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 3(c)(i)

F10Words in s. 27(4)(a)(b) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90(1), Sch. 13 para. 144(2) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)