Section 99: Offence of obtaining licence, or driving, while disqualified

Road Traffic Act 1972 · 1972 c.20

Part III: Licensing of drivers of vehicles

If a person disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence—

(a) obtains a licence while he is so disqualified, or

(b) while he is so disqualified drives on a road a motor vehicle, or if the disqualification is limited to the driving of a motor vehicle of a particular class, a motor vehicle of that class,

he shall be guilty of an offence.

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