(1) A person is eligible to apply to the road transport authority for the issue of a restricted licence if the Magistrates Court has made an order authorising the road transport authority to issue a restricted licence to the person.
(2) The road transport authority may not refuse to approve the application on a ground that was considered by the Magistrates Court in making the order.
Note Regulation 70 deals with when an application for a driver licence can be refused.
(3) If the road transport authority approves an application by a person for a restricted licence of a particular class, the authority must issue a restricted licence of that class to the person.
Note It is an
offence against the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 for the
holder of a restricted licence to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of
0.02 g/100mL or more (see s 19 of that Act and the definitions of special
driver (s 4B of that Act) and prescribed concentration (in the dictionary to
that Act)).