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Road Traffic Act 1960

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Sections 104 and 111, and 19th Sch.

ELEVENTH SCHEDULEOffences involving Disqualification for holding or obtaining, or Endorsement of, Licences under Part II or both

OffenceLimitation of DisqualificationObligatory DisqualificationObligatory Endorsement
1. Manslaughter, or in Scotland, culpable homicide, by the driver of a motor vehicle.
2. Causing the death of a person by the driving of a motor vehicle on a road recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public (section one of this Act).
3. An offence under section thirty-five of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (injuring persons by wanton or furious driving), committed by a person having charge of a motor vehicle.
4. Driving a motor vehicle on a road recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public (section two of this Act).Second or subsequent conviction involves obligatory disqualification unless the court, by reason of three years or more having elapsed since previous or last previous conviction or for any other special reason, thinks fit to order otherwise; period of disqualification to be nine months unless more than three years have elapsed since last conviction.Conviction involves obligatory endorsement.
5. Driving a motor vehicle on a road without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road (section three of this Act).Disqualification not to exceed one month on first conviction, but conviction of offence specified in paragraph 4 within three years next before date of conviction of offence specified in this paragraph to count as previous conviction of the last-mention ed offence.Conviction involves obligatory endorsement unless the court, for any special reason, thinks fit to order otherwise.
6. Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle on a road or other public place when unfit to drive through drink or drugs (subsection (1) of section six of this Act).Conviction involves obligatory disqualification for a period of twelve months from the date of the conviction unless the court, for special reasons, thinks fit to order otherwise.
7. Being, when in charge of a motor vehicle which is on a road or other public place, but not driving the vehicle, unlit to drive through drink or drugs (subsection (2) of section six of this Act).Second or subsequent conviction, or conviction after previous conviction of offence specified in paragraph 6, involves obligatory disqualification for a period of twelvemonths from the date of the conviction unless the court, for special reasons, thinks fit to order otherwise.
8. Promoting or taking part in a race or trial of speed between motor vehicles on a public highway (section seven of this Act).Conviction involves obligatory disqualification for a period of twelve months from the date of the conviction unless the court, for special reasons, thinks fit to order otherwise.
9. Driving a two-wheeled motor cycle with more than one person carried on it in addition to the driver or with an additional person carried otherwise than astride the cycle and on a proper seat securely fixed to the cycle behind the driver's seat (section eight of this Act).
10. Causing or permitting a motor vehicle or a trailer drawn thereby to remain at rest on a road in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to be likely to cause danger to other persons using the road (section sixteen of this Act).
11. An offence in respect of a motor vehicle under subsection (5) of section forty-six of this Act.
12. An offence in respect of a motor vehicle under subsection (2) of section forty-eight of this Act.No disqualification on first or second conviction.
13. An offence in respect of a motor vehicle under subsection (6) of section forty-nine of this Act.---
14. Using on a road at any time, or causing or permitting to be so used, a motor vehicle to which section sixty-six of this Act applies and as respects which no test certificate has been issued within the appropriate period (within the meaning of that section) before the said time (subsection (1) of section sixty-six of this Act).
15. Driving, or causing or permitting a person to drive, a motor vehicle in contravention of the provisions of this Act relating to the minimum age for driving motor vehicles of different classes and descriptions (section ninety-seven of this Act.)
16. Driving on a road a motor vehicle of any class or description without being the holder of a licence under Part II of this Act authorising the driver to drive a motor vehicle of that class or description (subsection (1) of section ninety-eight of this Act), or employing to drive on a road a motor vehicle of any class or description a person who is not the holder of such a licence authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of that class or description (subsection (2) of section ninety-eight of this Act).
17. Failure to comply with any of the conditions subject to which a provisional licence is granted under section one hundred and two of this Act (subsection (3) of section one hundred and two of this Act).
18. Applying for, or obtaining, a licence under Part II of this Act while disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence, or while so disqualified, driving on a road a motor vehicle or, if the disqualification is limited to the driving of a motor vehicle of a particular class or description, so driving a motor vehicle of that class or description (section one hundred and ten of this Act).
19. Driving on a road a heavy goods vehicle (within the meaning of Part V of this Act) without being licensed for the purpose under that Part or licensed under Part III of this Act to drive all types of single-deck public service vehicles, or employing a person who is not so licensed to drive on a road a heavy goods vehicle (within the meaning of the said Part V) (subsection (2) of section one hundred and ninety-two of this Act).
20. Using, or causing or permitting the use of, a motor vehicle on a road without there being in force in relation to the use of the vehicle such a policy of insurance or such a security in respect of third-party risks as complies with the requirements of Part VI of this Act (subsection (1) of section two hundred and one of this Act).
21. Taking and driving away a motor vehicle without having either the consent of the owner thereof or other lawful authority (subsection (1) of section two hundred and seventeen of this Act).
22. Driving a motor vehicle on a road at a speed exceeding a statutory speed limit.No disqualification on first or second conviction.Conviction involves obligatory endorsement unless the court, for any special reason, thinks fit to order otherwise.
23. An offence in respect of a motor vehicle under the Road Transport Lighting Act, 1957.

24. An offence under any statutory provision, committed in respect of a motor vehicle, being an offence—

(a)

of failure to conform to the indication given by a traffic sign or to comply with a direction given by a police constable, or

(b)

of failure to comply with a requirement to proceed or not to proceed in a specified direction or along a specified part of the carriageway, or

(c)

of using a vehicle on a road, or causing or permitting a vehicle to be so used, so as, by the condition of the vehicle or its parts or accessories, the number of passengers carried by it, or the weight, distribution, packing or adjustment of its load, to cause, or to be likely to cause, danger, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of this sub-paragraph), of contravening any requirement as to brakes, steering gear or tyres or any other requirement prescribed under subsection (1) of section sixty-five of this Act.

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