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Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

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26 Interim disqualification on committal for sentence in England and Wales.E+W+S

(1)Where a magistrates’ court—

(a)commits an offender to the Crown Court under subsection (1) of section 56 of the M1Criminal Justice Act 1967 or any enactment to which that section applies, and

(b)by reason of the provisions of that section the magistrates’ court does not exercise its power or discharge its duty under section 34, 35 or 36 of this Act of ordering the offender to be disqualified,

it may nevertheless order him to be disqualified until the court to which he is committed has dealt with him in respect of the offence.

(2)Where a court makes an order under subsection (1) above in respect of any person, it must require him to produce to the court any licence held by him [F1and its counterpart] and must cause such licence [F1and its counterpart] to be sent to the clerk of the court to which he is committed.

(3)A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (2) above is guilty of an offence.

(4)Subsection (3) above does not apply to a person who—

(a)surrenders to the court a current receipt for his licence [F2and its counterpart] issued under section 56 of this Act, and

(b)produces the licence [F2and its counterpart] to the court immediately on [F3their] return.

(5)Where a court makes an order under subsection (1) above in respect of any person, sections 44(1) and 47(2) of this Act and section 109(3) of the M2Road Traffic Act 1988 (Northern Ireland drivers’ licences) shall not apply in relation to the order, but—

(a)the court must send notice of the order to the Secretary of State, and

(b)the court to which he is committed must, if it determines not to order him to be disqualified under section 34, 35 or 36 of this Act, send notice of the determination to the Secretary of State.

(6)A period of disqualification imposed on any person by virtue of section 56(5) of the M3Criminal Justice Act 1967 (exercise by Crown Court on committal for sentence of certain powers of magistrates’ courts) shall be treated as reduced by any period during which he was disqualified by reason only of an order made under subsection (1) above; but a period during which he was so disqualified shall not be taken into account under this subsection for the purpose of reducing more than one other period of disqualification.

(7)A notice sent by a court to the Secretary of State in pursuance of subsection (5) above must be sent in such manner and to such address and contain such particulars as the Secretary of State may determine.

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