PART 5Road traffic
Surrender of driving licences
91Production 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)
“(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)
“(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),”
.