Clause 22

replace subsection (9) with —“(9) Where —

a person (A) is convicted of an offence under subsection (7) arising from A’s failure to comply with subsection (3); and

the court convicting A is satisfied that A had in driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle at the time of the accident mentioned in subsection (3) caused any serious injury or death to another person,the court is to order that A be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a disqualification period that is equal to or longer than 12 months, unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to not so order, or to order a shorter disqualification period.”; and

after subsection (11), insert —“(12) In this section, “disqualification period”, for an offender (A) convicted of an offence (called in this subsection the relevant offence) under subsection (7) arising from A’s failure to comply with subsection (3), means the period for which A is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence because of that conviction for the relevant offence, starting on the later of the following dates:

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

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