3.—(1) The holder of a driving permit disqualified in consequence of a conviction or of the order of a court for holding or obtaining a driving licence shall, if so required by the court, produce his driving permit within five days, or such longer time as the court may determine, and the court shall forward it to the Secretary of State.U.K.
(2) The Secretary of State on receiving a permit forwarded under the foregoing sub-paragraph—
(a)shall record particulars of the disqualification on the permit, and
(b)send the holder's name and address, together with the said particulars, to the authority by whom the driving permit was issued, and
(c)shall retain the permit until the holder leaves Great Britain or until the disqualification ceases to have effect, whichever is the earlier.
(3) A person failing to produce a driving permit in compliance with this paragraph shall be guilty of an offence which shall be treated for the purposes of section 177 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 and of Part I of Schedule 4 thereto as an offence against the provision specified in column 1 of that Part as section 101(4) and he shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 3 in operation at 2.8.1975, see art. 9(2)