Schedules Schedule 1: Section 1: Exceptions Driving disqualification
Section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 extended the power to order driving disqualification to offences of common assault, and offences involving an assault for which driving disqualification was not previously available. Section 39 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 extended the power to order driving disqualification to all offences. The effect of these provisions is now reproduced in sections 146 and 147 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. Without the exceptions in paragraphs 13 and 14 the courts would be able to impose driving disqualification orders, in addition to a fine or imprisonment (or both), where they were not previously available. This would subject some offenders to a more severe penalty under the Code than that which applied at the time of the offence.