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Road Traffic Act 1988

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103 Obtaining licence, or driving, while disqualified.

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, while disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence, he— (a) obtains a licence, or (b) drives a motor vehicle on a road. (2) A licence obtained by a person who is disqualified is of no effect (or, where the disqualification relates only to vehicles of a particular class, is of no effect in relation to vehicles of that class). (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to disqualification by virtue of section 101 of this Act. (5) Subsection (1)(b) above does not apply in relation to disqualification by virtue of section 102 of this Act. (6) In the application of subsection (1) above to a person whose disqualification is limited to the driving of motor vehicles of a particular class by virtue of— (a) section 102 117 or 117A of this Act, or (b) subsection (9) of section 36 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (disqualification until test is passed), the references to disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence and driving motor vehicles are references to disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence to drive and driving motor vehicles of that class.

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103 Obtaining licence, or driving, while disqualified.

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, while disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence, he— (a) obtains a licence, or (b) drives a motor vehicle on a road. (2) A licence obtained by a person who is disqualified is of no effect (or, where the disqualification relates only to vehicles of a particular class, is of no effect in relation to vehicles of that class). (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to disqualification by virtue of section 101 of this Act. (5) Subsection (1)(b) above does not apply in relation to disqualification by virtue of section 102 of this Act. (6) In the application of subsection (1) above to a person whose disqualification is limited to the driving of motor vehicles of a particular class by virtue of— (a) section 102 117 or 117A of this Act, or (b) subsection (9) of section 36 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (disqualification until test is passed), the references to disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence and driving motor vehicles are references to disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence to drive and driving motor vehicles of that class.

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