[177J Extension of disqualification where custodial sentence or service detention also imposed]

[177J  Extension of disqualification where custodial sentence or service detention also imposed]

[(1)     This section applies where a court—

(a)     imposes a custodial sentence or a sentence of service detention on an offender for an offence, and

(b)     makes a driving disqualification order in respect of the offender for the same offence.

(2)     But this section does not apply where the custodial sentence or sentence of service detention (as the case may be) is—

(a)     a suspended sentence of imprisonment,

(b)     a suspended sentence of service detention, or

(c)     a life sentence in relation to which the court makes a whole life order under section 321(3) of the Sentencing Code (life sentence: minimum term order or whole life order) by virtue of section 261A of this Act (life sentences: further provision).

(3)     The disqualification period must be—

(a)     the discretionary disqualification period, and

(b)     the appropriate extension period.

(4)     The discretionary disqualification period is the period which the court would, in the absence of this section, have specified in the driving disqualification order.

(5)     The appropriate extension period for a sentence specified in column 2 is equal to the period calculated in accordance with column 3—

RowSentenceLength of appropriate extension
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