(1)In Schedule 2 to the [1988 c. 53.] Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (punishment of offences, etc.), in Part II (disqualification, endorsement and penalty points for offences under Acts other than the Traffic Acts) after the entry relating to manslaughter and culpable homicide there shall be inserted the following entry—
| “An offence under section 12A of the Theft Act 1968 (aggravated vehicle-taking). | Obligatory. | Obligatory. | 3-11”. |
(2)In section 34 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (disqualification for certain offences), after subsection (1) (obligatory disqualification except for special reasons) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 12A of the Theft Act 1968 (aggravated vehicle-taking), the fact that he did not drive the vehicle in question at any particular time or at all shall not be regarded as a special reason for the purposes of subsection (1) above.”