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Secondly, a disqualification, when ordered, will
be in respect of all types of driving licence. However,
an exception currently exists and will continue to exist
in the case of a taxi driver convicted of an offence in
relation to the obligations of a taxi driver or prescribed
taxi fares, since these are non-driving offences.
Thirdly, the provision under the Road Traffic
Ordinance for mandatory retests after disqualification
will be repealed, although the court will have
discretionary power to order a retest following
disqualification in cases where it considers that an
offender's competence to drive is in doubt.
Fourthly, a new escalating sytem of
driving-offence points will be introduced under the Road
Traffic (Driving-offence Points) (Amendment)
(Amendment) Bill 1986.
The new driving-offence points system will ensure that
excessive and persistent offenders proceed rapidly to
disqualification by the accumulation of 15 or more
driving-offence points within 2 years.
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