SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Mutual recognition of driving disqualification in UK and Republic of Ireland

PART 2Transition from EU Convention to new agreement

26Application of duties and powers to give notices after the transitional period

After the end of the transitional period, the Secretary of State and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland—

a

are required to give a notice under section 55 of the 2003 Act (duty to give notice to foreign authorities of driving disqualification of a non-UK resident),

b

are required or permitted to give a notice under section 57 of the 2003 Act (recognition in United Kingdom of foreign driving disqualification), and

c

are required to give reasons under section 70(3) of the 2003 Act (duty to give reasons for not giving a notice under section 57),

only in a case in which the offence referred to in section 54(1) or 56(1) of the 2003 Act was committed after the end of the transitional period.