Driving Licence revoked

[gramey]

I think ŷou're right on all the procedural matters, gramey.

Sadly, in willing to live, you missed the bit where we found out that she's not yet been to court.

Sorry for not enduring through it all and thanks for bringing me up to speed, I spent 15 years as a traffic copper and 5 years after that preparing court files for motoring offences. As the saying goes, if I had a pound for every person who told me they hadn't been told by their insurance company their policy had been cancelled I'd be a rich man. In some cases when you spoke to an insurance company they'd sent three warning letters out and banks are never backwards in coming forwards to tell you they've applied a charge to your account for a bounced payment so I think I was yawning before I'd even finished reading the first page.

 

[st13phil]

There are numerous comments regarding a ban being immediate etc. but a ban is completely different to a revocation. A defendant is told when they are disqualified (banned) that with immediate effect they are no longer entitled to drive and if they have driven to court, some stupidly do, they need to make alternative arrangements to get home. A new driver under the current legislation is notified that due to the accumulation of 6 points within their first two years their licence will be revoked. This is not immediate but as stated they will be sent a letter by the DVLA advising them that this has happened and the revocation applies from the date of the notice. They then have 5 days from the date of the letter in which to surrender their licence. As the driver has been informed this will happen if they have not received notification within an appropriate timescale, generally within 14 days, the onus is on them to confirm their licence status with the DVLA prior to continuing to drive.

Thanks for confirming the process. It seemed pretty clear to me from reading the Act that revocation was the responsibility of the DVLA.

 

[Dave.tam]

Gramey, just my own curiosity here, but what happens if the 6 pts are added at court? Say the driver is processed and sent to court, and the points are awarded at court. Do they still get to drive away from the court and wait for the dvla to notify them in writing?

Cheers

 

[gramey]

Gramey, just my own curiosity here, but what happens if the 6 pts are added at court? Say the driver is processed and sent to court, and the points are awarded at court. Do they still get to drive away from the court and wait for the dvla to notify them in writing?

Cheers

The difference is a disqualification is a sentence passed by the court and is effective immediately. Revocation is imposed by the DVLA and is only effective once they have been informed by the court that someone has been given or reached 6 points and they have issued the notice of revocation.

 

[Dave.tam]

Thanks, having never had any dealing past the point of filling out a process book, it's good to know!

Also, how long would you expect it to take from the time that the points were issued at court to when the driver is no longer allowed to drive?

I would assume that the paperwork would be sent to the dvla as soon as the case was over, and that the dvla would send out the notice of revocation that same day too?

In your experience, would this seem to be correct, or does it take more time than that?

And lastly, if the notice of revocation was sent out that same day, does that mean the driver cannot drive from that day, or do they have to actually receive the notice?

Sorry for all the questions, but I'm really curious now