Road Traffic Act, 2002
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Disqualification by reason of penalty points. |
3.—(1) When penalty points are endorsed on the entry of a person and, in consequence, the total number of penalty points standing so endorsed equals or exceeds 12, the person shall stand disqualified for a period of 6 months beginning on the appropriate date for holding a licence and a licence held by him or her at the beginning of the period shall stand suspended correspondingly. | |
(2) At the end of a period of disqualification pursuant to subsection (1) the Minister— | ||
(a) shall cause to be removed from the entry concerned penalty points standing endorsed on it on the date of the notice under section 5 relating to the disqualification, and | ||
(b) shall cause a notice to be given or sent, by post or otherwise, to the person to whom the entry relates— | ||
(i) of the ending of the period and its date, and | ||
(ii) of the removal and particulars of the penalty points the subject of the removal. |