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26. Consequential disqualification orders.

(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 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), (aa) or (b) of subsection (1) of that section,

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