PART 5Road traffic
Surrender of driving licences
I1I291Production of licence to the court
1
The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.
2
In section 7 (trial: duty of accused to provide licence to the court)—
a
for subsection (1) substitute—
1
Where—
a
a person who is the holder of a licence is prosecuted for an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification,
b
there is a hearing, and
c
the person attends the hearing,
the person must bring the licence to the hearing.
b
omit subsections (1A), (1B), (1C) and (2).
3
In section 27 (sentence: production of licence to the court)—
a
for subsection (1) substitute—
1
Where—
a
a person who is the holder of a licence is convicted of an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification, and
b
a court proposes to make, or makes, an order disqualifying the person,
the court may require the licence to be produced to it.
b
in subsection (3)(b), at the beginning insert “unless the licence is already treated as being revoked under section 37(1),”
.