Driving
Disqualification (Non-Motoring Offences) (Jersey) Law 1979
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Driving
Disqualification (Non-Motoring Offences) (Jersey) Law 1979
A LAW to empower the Courts to disqualify from holding or obtaining a
driving licence, persons convicted of offences, where a vehicle is used for the
purposes of the offence
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Driving disqualification where vehicle used for purposes of crime
(1) Where
a person is convicted by any Court of an offence and the Court is satisfied
that a motor vehicle was used, either by the person convicted or by anyone
else, for the purpose of committing, or facilitating the commission of, the
offence in question, it may, in addition or as an alternative to the imposition
of any other penalty in respect of the offence, order the person convicted to
be disqualified for such period as the Court thinks fit, for holding or
obtaining a licence under the Road Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1956.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article, facilitating the commission of an offence shall
be taken to include the taking of any steps after the offence has been
committed for the purpose of disposing of any property to which it relates or
of avoiding apprehension or detention.
2 Application of Road Traffic Law
(1) The
following provisions of the Road Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1956, shall, mutatis mutandis
apply in relation to a disqualification under this Law as they apply under that
Law –
Article 14,
Article 15,
Article 16.
(2) This
Law shall be construed as one with the Road Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1956.
3 Citation
This Law may be cited as
the Driving Disqualification (Non-Motoring Offences) (Jersey) Law 1979.