HC Deb 31 May 1956 vol 553 c564

10.0 p.m.

Mr. Watkinson

I beg to move, in page 17, line 4, to leave out "In calculating" and insert: (1) No application shall be made under subsection (3) of section seven of the Act of 1930 for the removal of a disqualification before the expiration of whichever is relevant of the following periods from the date of the conviction, or order made in consequence of a conviction, by virtue of which the disqualification was imposed, that is to say—

  1. (a) six months, if the disqualification is for less than a year,
  2. (b) one half of the period of the disqualification, if it is for less than six years but not less than a year,
  3. (c) three years, in any other case.
(2) In determining the expiration of. The purpose of this Amendment is that the question of limited disqualification should be slightly amended, and the emendation, as I understand it, is that there should be a change in the period when a motorist is entitled to come back and ask for the cancellation of the suspension. I believe that it was a change made to meet the views of the Committee, and I hope, therefore, that the House will accept it without further debate.

Mr. Isaacs

I thank the Minister and the Joint Parliamentary Secretary for this Amendment. I submitted an Amendment in Committee which had the same purpose, but the present Amendment has been drafted in a much more satisfactory fashion, and I think that it will be very useful. I express my appreciation of their activity.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: In page 17, line 6, leave out from "or" to "a" in line 7 and insert: after which under the last foregoing subsection".