(1) The following section is substituted for section 26 (inserted by section 26 of the Act of 1994 as amended by section 6 of the Act of 2006) of the Principal Act:

"26.

(1) Subject to subsection (5) (b), where a person is convicted of an offence specified in the Second Schedule, the court shall make an order ('consequential disqualification order') declaring him or her to be disqualified for holding a driving licence.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a consequential disqualification order operates to disqualify the person to whom the order relates for holding any driving licence whatsoever during a specified period or during a specified period and thereafter until he or she has produced to the appropriate licensing authority, as may be specified in the order, a certificate of competency or a certificate of fitness or both.

(3) A consequential disqualification order resulting from a conviction for an offence under-

(a) section 52 or 53 tried on indictment where the contravention involved the driving of a mechanically propelled vehicle, or

(b) section 106, where-

(i) the offence involved a contravention of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of that section,

(ii) injury was caused to a person,