Clause 7

in subsection (7)(a), replace “5 years” with “7 years”;

in subsection (7)(b), replace “10 years” with “13 years”;

in subsection (7)(c), replace “one year” with “18 months”;

in subsection (7)(d), replace “2 years” with “3 years and 6 months”;

in subsection (9), replace “shorter period of disqualification” with “shorter disqualification period”;

in the following provisions, replace “the date of commencement of section 5 of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025” wherever it appears with “12 June 2025”:Subsection (9)(b), (e), (h) and (j)Subsection (10)(a), (b), (c) and (d)Subsection (11)(a) and (b)(i);

in subsection (10), replace “shorter period” with “shorter disqualification period”;

in subsection (11)(a)(ii), after “section”, insert “63A,”;

replace subsection (12) with —“(12) Where a person is convicted of abetting the commission of an offence under this section and it is proved that the person was present in the motor vehicle used in the commission of the offence at the time of the commission of the offence, the person is, for the purposes of sections 42(1)(a) and 44(1), deemed to be a person convicted of an offence in connection with the driving of a motor vehicle.”; and

in subsection (16), replace the definition of “disqualification period” with —“ “disqualification period”, for an offender convicted of an offence (called in this subsection the relevant offence) under this section or section 65 (as the case may be), means the period for which the offender 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 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;”.