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MOTOR TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) 1997 (NO. 52 OF 1997) - SECT 21

Driving licences—current disqualifications

21. (1) Where—

        (a)     a person was disqualified from holding a driving licence for a period under, or by force of section 192A, 193 or 193A of the Principal Act;

        (b)     the disqualification was not because of the suspension of a driving licence; and

        (c)     but for the repeal of that section, the period of disqualification would have ended on or after the commencement day;

the person remains disqualified from holding a driving licence by force of this subsection, subject to the amended Principal Act, until the end of that period.

(2) Where—

        (a)     under, or by force of section 192A, 193 or 193A of the Principal Act, a person was disqualified from holding a driving licence until a court orders otherwise or declares the person to be fit and proper to hold a driving licence; and

        (b)     no such order had been made before the repeal of that section;

the person remains disqualified from holding a driving licence by force of this subsection, subject to the amended Principal Act, unless the court orders otherwise (whether or not it makes an order under section 11A of that Act for the grant of a special licence to the person).

(3) An application for an order under subsection (2) shall be filed with the Registrar of the court with an affidavit of the applicant setting out the grounds on which the order is sought.

(4) The respondents to an application are—

        (a)     the Registrar of Motor Vehicles; and

        (b)     the chief police officer.



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