(1) In this section
—
unlicensed person means a person —
(a) who
does not hold a driver’s licence; and
(b) in
respect of whom the regulations would require that if a driver’s licence
were to be granted to the person, the licence would be a provisional licence.
(2) An unlicensed
person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence if
the person is —
(a)
convicted of an offence mentioned in section 16(1); or
(b)
convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 49(1)(a); or
(c)
disqualified by a court from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence.
(3) The period for
which a person mentioned in subsection (2) is disqualified from holding or
obtaining a driver’s licence is whichever of the following periods that
terminates later —
(a) the
period for which the person is disqualified by the court;
(b) a
period of 3 months from the date of the person’s conviction or, where
the person is convicted on more than one occasion of an offence mentioned in
section 16(1), from the date of the latest conviction.