3. Amendment of section 42

In the RT Act, in section 42 —

in subsection (1), replace “any period” with “any disqualification period”; and

after subsection (4), insert —“(5) In this section, “disqualification period”, for an offender against whom an order is made under subsection (1) in addition to the punishment imposed for an offence (called in this subsection the relevant offence), means the period for which the offender is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence by that order, starting on the later of the following dates:

the date of the offender’s conviction for the relevant offence;

the date the offender is released from prison and is no longer serving any sentence of imprisonment, if the offender is or was sentenced to imprisonment (whether for the relevant offence or any other offence) before or at the same hearing where the offender is sentenced for the relevant offence.”.