Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Drivers and Riders
42B. Imprisonment during disqualification period
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If a person, while disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence because of a conviction or an order of a court under this Act or the Motor Vehicles (Third‑Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960, is sentenced to imprisonment on or after the date of commencement of section 3 of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025 (whether for an offence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, or any other written law), the whole of the person’s period of imprisonment is not to be counted towards the completion of the person’s disqualification period.
driving licence
“driving licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the provisions of Part 2;
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“disqualification period” means the period that a person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence because of a conviction or an order of a court under this Act or the Motor Vehicles (Third‑Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960, starting on the later of the following dates:
the date of the person’s conviction or order of disqualification under this Act or the Motor Vehicles (Third‑Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960;
the date of the person’s release from prison, if the person is sentenced to imprisonment in relation to that conviction;
“period of imprisonment”, in relation to a person sentenced to imprisonment, means the period starting on the date of commencement of the person’s term of imprisonment and ending on the date of the person’s release from prison.