(1) This section applies only to repeat offenders.
(2) If a court convicts a special driver, other than a driver trainer, of an offence against section 19 (1) and finds that the concentration of alcohol in the person's blood or breath was at a level mentioned in an item of column 2 of an item of table 33, the person is automatically disqualified from holding and obtaining a driver licence for—
(a) the period mentioned in column 4 of that item; or
(b) if the court orders a shorter period of disqualification that is not less than the period mentioned in column 3 of that item—the shorter period.
(3) If a court convicts a person other than a special driver of an offence against section 19 (1) and finds that the concentration of alcohol in the person's blood or breath was at level 2, 3 or 4, the person is automatically disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence for—
(a) the period mentioned in the item applying to that level in table 33, column 4; or
(b) if the court orders a shorter period of disqualification that is not less than the period mentioned in column 3 of that item—the shorter period.
(4) For the Magistrates Court Act 1930
, section 208 (1) (g), an automatic disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver licence under this section is taken to be an order of the court to disqualify a person from holding or obtaining a driver licence.
Table 33
Note The effect of disqualification is set out in the Road Transport (General) Act 1999
, s 66.