Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000

185 (1) Section 40 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (driving disqualifications for fine defaulters) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(b), for “section 1 of the 1982 Act” there shall be substituted “section 89 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000”.

(3) For subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(6) A court which makes an order under this section disqualifying a person for holding or obtaining a driving licence shall require him to produce any such licence held by him together with its counterpart.

(7) In this section—

• “driving licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988;

• “counterpart”, in relation to a driving licence, has the meaning given in relation to such a licence by section 108(1) of that Act.”