Totting up procedure

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Fri 22 Mar 2019 15:50
Totting up procedure - adameansey91

Hi all,

If you receive 12 points and lose your licence, do you have to re-do your test? or do you lose your licence for the disqualification period, and get it back at the end of the 6 months?

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Fri 22 Mar 2019 16:44
Totting up procedure - Middleman

You don't "get it back". Any disqualification of 56 days or more sees the licence revoked and the driver has to apply for a new one. However, so long as he is not subject to the "New Drivers'" legislation (six points within two years of first passing a test) he can apply for a full licence covering the groups his old one did.

The court does have the power to "Disqualify until test passed" for any offence which carries points but it would not normally be used in the circumstances you describe.

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