Road Traffic Act 1960

5 (1) For the purpose of determining—

(a) the punishment (by fine, imprisonment or both) which may be imposed on a person in respect of the commission by him of an offence against any provision of this Act, or

(b) whether such an offence committed by a person involves obligatory disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence under Part II of this Act, or

(c) whether the power of the court to order disqualification for holding or obtaining such a licence in consequence of the commission by a person of such an offence is excluded or subject to any limitation,

then—

(i) if the offence is against a provision specified in the first column of the following Table, an offence committed by that person against the provision of the Road Traffic Act, 1930 ("the 1930 Act") or the Road Traffic Act, 1956 (" the 1956 Act") specified in the second column of that Table in relation to the first-mentioned provision shall be deemed to have been committed against that provision, and

(ii) if the offence is against any other provision of this Act, an offence committed by that person against the corresponding provision of the enactments repealed by this Act shall be deemed to have been committed against that other provision.

TABLE

Provision of this Act	Provision of the 1930 or 1956 Act
Subsection (1) of section two.	Subsection (1) of section eleven of the 1930 Act, in its application to motor vehicles.
Subsection (1) of section three.	Subsection (1) of section twelve of the 1930 Act, in its application to motor vehicles.
Subsection (1) of section six.	Subsection (1) of section fifteen of the 1930 Act, in so far as it applied to driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle.
	Subsection (1) of section fifteen of the 1930 Act in so far as it applied to driving or attempting to drive, or being in charge of, a motor vehicle.
Subsection (2) of section six.	Subsection (1) of section fifteen of the 1930 Act in so far as it applied to driving or attempting to drive, or being in charge of, a motor vehicle.
	Subsection (1) of section nine of the 1956 Act.
Section nine	Subsection (1) of section eleven of the 1930 Act, in its application, by virtue of section eleven of the 1956 Act, to bicycles and tricycles not being motor vehicles.
Subsection (1) of section ten.	Subsection (1) of section twelve of the 1930 Act, in its application, by virtue of section eleven of the 1956 Act, to bicycles and tricycles not being motor vehicles.
Subsection (1) of section eleven.	Subsection (1) of section fifteen of the 1930 Act, in its application, by virtue of section eleven of the 1956 Act, to bicycles and tricycles not being motor vehicles.
Subsection (1) of section two hundred and twenty-six.	Subsection (1) of section forty of the 1930 Act.
Subsection (2) of section two hundred and twenty-six.

(2) Without prejudice to the general application of the foregoing sub-paragraph to paragraphs 5 and 7 of the Eleventh Schedule to this Act, the reference in the said paragraph 5 (in the second column) to the offence specified in paragraph 4 shall be construed as including a reference to the corresponding offence under the enactments repealed by this Act, and the reference in the said paragraph 7 (in the third column) to the offence specified in paragraph 6 shall be similarly construed.