SCHEDULE 16 Extension of Disqualification for Driving
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (2009 c 25) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 16 Extension of Disqualification for Driving

Section 137

Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (SI 1980/704 (NI 6))

1

After Article 8 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 insert—

“8A Extension of disqualification where custodial sentence also imposed

(1)     This Article applies where a person is convicted of an offence for which the court—

(a)     imposes a custodial sentence, and

(b)     orders the person to be disqualified under Article 8 for holding or obtaining a driving licence or a provisional licence granted under Part 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (SI 1981/154 (NI 1)).

(2)     The order under Article 8 must provide for the person to be disqualified for the appropriate extension period, in addition to the discretionary disqualification period.

(3)     The discretionary disqualification period is the period for which, in the absence of this Article, the court would have disqualified the person under Article 8.

(4)     The appropriate extension period is—

(a)     where a court imposes a sentence under Article 45(2) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (SI 1998/1504 (NI 9)) (punishment of grave crimes: indeterminate sentences), a period equal to the period specified in the sentence under

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