C19

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Road Traffic and Road Acts 2023(16/2023), s. 6(c), not commenced as of date of revision.

F14[18A.—(1) An applicant for, or the holder of, a licence shall notify the Authority in writing if he or she has been, or is, convicted of an offence specified in Schedule 2.

(2) A person convicted of an offence specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 is disqualified for holding a licence for life from the date of such conviction.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person convicted of an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 shall be disqualified for holding a licence for a period of 3 years from the date of such conviction.

(4) Where, on foot of a conviction for an offence referred to in subsection (3), the person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the period of disqualification referred to in that subsection shall be extended by such term of imprisonment.

(5) Where, on foot of a conviction for an offence specified in Part 3 of Schedule 2, a person is disqualified for holding a driving licence for a specified period, the person shall be disqualified for holding an instructor’s licence for the specified period and for a further period of 3 years.

(6) A notification under subsection (1) shall be made

(a) where the person was convicted of the offence before making the application, at the time of making the application, and

(b) where the person convicted is the holder of a licence, within

(i) 3 months of the commencement of this subsection, or

(ii) 28 days of the expiry of the time allowed for appealing such conviction or of the determination or withdrawal of the appeal of such conviction,

whichever is the later.

(7) A notification under subsection (1) shall include details of

(a) the nature of the offence,

(b) whether the conviction is one of a number of convictions for the same or different offences,

(c) any penalty or sentence suffered on foot of the conviction, and

(d) any disqualification or forfeiture imposed on foot of the conviction.

(8) Where a person is disqualified for holding a licence under this section

(a) the Authority shall not grant a licence to the person, and

(b) any licence held by the person shall stand revoked.

(9) A person who fails to notify the Authority in accordance with this section or who provides information to the Authority under this section, knowing it to be false or misleading, commits an offence.

(10) In this section—

"Authority" means the Road Safety Authority;

"licence" means a licence authorising a person to give for reward instruction in or in respect of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle.

(11) A reference in this section to an offence specified in Schedule 2 includes a reference to an offence under the law of another jurisdiction which corresponds to that offence where the conduct constituting the offence under the law of that other jurisdiction would, if committed in the State, constitute an offence referred to in Schedule 2.]