Section 103 — Road Traffic Act 1988: Obtaining licence, or driving, while disqualified.

Obtaining licence, or driving, while disqualified. 103 1 A person is guilty of an offence if, while disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence, he—

a obtains a licence, or b drives a motor vehicle on a road.

2 A licence obtained by a person who is disqualified is of no effect (or, where the disqualification relates only to vehicles of a particular class, is of no effect in relation to vehicles of that class). 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to disqualification by virtue of section 101 of this Act.

5 Subsection (1)(b) above does not apply in relation to disqualification by virtue of section 102 of this Act.

6 In the application of subsection (1) above to a person whose disqualification is limited to the driving of motor vehicles of a particular class by virtue of—

a section 102 117 or 117A of this Act, or b subsection (9) of section 36 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (disqualification until test is passed), the references to disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence and driving motor vehicles are references to disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence to drive and driving motor vehicles of that class.