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(2) The driving disqualification condition is met—
(a) in relation to an offence falling within subsection (5)(a), if, as a result of the offence,
the offender is disqualified in the State in which the conviction is made,
(b) in relation to an offence falling within subsection (5)(b), if, as a result of the offence,
the offender is disqualified in that State for a period not less than the minimum period.
(3) For the purposes of this section an offender is disqualified in a State if he is disqualified in
that State for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the law of that
State (however the disqualification is described under that law).
(4) The minimum period is—
(a) a period of six months, or
(b) where the State in which the conviction is made is a prescribed State, a shorter pe-
riod equal to the period prescribed in relation to that State.
(5) An offence falls within this subsection if it is constituted by—
(a) conduct falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Annex to the convention on
driving disqualifications, or
(b) other conduct which constitutes a road traffic offence for the purposes of that con-
vention.
(6) Section 57 does not apply if the relevant proceedings were brought later than the time at
which summary proceedings for any corresponding offence under the law of the part of the Uni-
ted Kingdom in which the offender is normally resident could have been brought.
(7) An offence is a corresponding offence if—
(a) the conduct constituting the offence outside the United Kingdom took place in any
part of the United Kingdom, and
(b) that conduct is, or corresponds to, conduct which would constitute an offence un-
der the law of that part.
(8) The appropriate Minister may make regulations treating offences under the law of a part
of the United Kingdom as corresponding to offences under the law of a member State other than
the United Kingdom.
(9) For the purposes of this section no appeal is outstanding in relation to an offence if—
(a) no appeal is brought against an offender’s conviction of the offence, or any decision
made as a result of his conviction, within the time allowed for making such appeals, or
(b) such an appeal is brought and the proceedings on appeal are finally concluded.