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drink driving scotland

  • 29-01-2015 1:23pm
    #1
    jonnyf33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi all I'm from Wicklow I was recently stopped in a car park in scotland yes I was driving and breathalised I had a few drinks the night before and I failed by not much..anyway I went to court in scotland the next day and got disqualification for one year but judge said if I do rehab course it will knock 3 months of my disqualification, the rehab course is in scotland, can anybody tell me can i do this course in Ireland


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  • #2
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    jonnyf33 wrote: »
    Hi all I'm from Wicklow I was recently stopped in a car park in scotland yes I was driving and breathalised I had a few drinks the night before and I failed by not much..anyway I went to court in scotland the next day and got disqualification for one year but judge said if I do rehab course it will knock 3 months of my disqualification, the rehab course is in scotland, can anybody tell me can i do this course in Ireland

    I doubt it, the course probably has to be approved. Probably easier to just serve the year but if not you'll have to get ye self back over to Scotland. Not the worst inconvenience in the world.

    My suggestion would be see if you can do the course near a major Airport like Edinburgh.


  • #3
    jonnyf33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭jonnyf33


    Cheers Anthony, hy would you no any more details,like the judge in scotland never asked for my license wen I got back I rang the Irish driving licence centre and they have no record of me been disqualified at all,I don't know whether to drive or not here in Ireland


  • #4
    MarkAnthony
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    jonnyf33 wrote: »
    Cheers Anthony, hy would you no any more details,like the judge in scotland never asked for my license wen I got back I rang the Irish driving licence centre and they have no record of me been disqualified at all,I don't know whether to drive or not here in Ireland

    I can't give you an educated answer I'm afraid. Did the police take a record of the licence? AFAIK there is a mutual recognition of bans. I'd advise against driving personally but you're better off giving a solicitor a call. You can always drop into your local FLAC for free/ a modest donation.

    Best of luck with it.


  • #5
    godtabh
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    Does this affect your insurance?

    Renewing mine last week and it asked was I ever disqualified from driving. Doesn't make reference to any jurisdiction


  • #6
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    I may be wrong but if you were banned on a UK licence then you cannot drive anywhere in the EU since you no longer hold a valid licence.

    If you were driving on an Irish licence then I don't think a UK ban is automatically a ban here.
    There is a whole mutual recognition procedure which involves the UK waiting until your right of appeal has expired then notifying the Irish authorities of your UK ban and the Irish authorities requesting a judge to ban you here. If imposed I think you also get to appeal that ban too.

    Interesting snippet on the RSA's website which states the UK has pulled out of the EU Convention which the previous recognition was based on and a new agreement is to be negotiated. If the UK authority hasn't notified the Irish one of your ban before 1st Dec 2014 then your Irish licence is in the clear.
    In summary the impact on mutual disqualification cases is that driver disqualification cases notified to the Irish authorities before 1 December 2014, can be given effect; cases which would otherwise be notified after that date cannot be proceeded with. This also applies to cases notified to the UK authorities. The Irish and UK authorities are working to ensure that the mutual disqualifications provisions are restored as soon as possible.
    http://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Licensed-Drivers/Penalty-points/StrategyRegulations/
    http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/mutual_recognition_of_driving_disqualification/#a05


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