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79 - Disability and prospective disability
(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) is amended as follows.
(2) After section 109A (as inserted by section 77 of this Act) there is inserted—
“109- B Revocation of authorisation conferred by Northern Ireland licence because of disabi-
lity or prospective disability
(1) If the Secretary of State is at any time satisfied on inquiry—
(a) that a Northern Ireland licence holder is suffering from a relevant disability, and
(b) that he would be required by virtue of section 92(3) of this Act to refuse an applica-
tion made by the holder at that time for a licence authorising him to drive a vehicle of the class in
respect of which his Northern Ireland licence was issued or a class corresponding to that class, he
may serve notice in writing requiring the licence holder to deliver immediately to the Secretary of
State his Northern Ireland licence together with its Northern Ireland counterpart and its counter-
part (if any) issued to him under this Part of this Act (“the relevant counterparts”).
(2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied on inquiry that a Northern Ireland licence holder is
suffering from a prospective disability, he may—
(a) serve notice in writing on the Northern Ireland licence holder requiring him to deli-
ver immediately to the Secretary of State his Northern Ireland licence together with the relevant
counterparts, and
(b) on receipt of the Northern Ireland licence and those counterparts and of an appli-
cation made for the purposes of this subsection, grant to the Northern Ireland licence holder, free
of charge, a licence for a period determined by the Secretary of State under section 99(1)(b) of
this Act.
(3) The Secretary of State may require a person to provide—
(a) evidence of his name, address, sex and date and place of birth, and
(b) a photograph which is a current likeness of him, before granting a licence to him on
an application for the purposes of subsection (2) above.
(4) A person who—
(a) is required under, or by virtue of, this section to deliver to the Secretary of State his
Northern Ireland licence and the relevant counterparts, but
(b) without reasonable excuse, fails to do so, is guilty of an offence.
(5) Where a Northern Ireland licence holder to whom a counterpart is issued under section