licence conditions

[northerndeco]

i have a full licence got pulled by police to which they informed me i was not insured on database only had licence 8 months so reverts back to provisional is there any appeal

[Ethel]

Did you have insurance?

[Emz26]

On a full licence that you have had less than 2 years you can have up to and not exceeding 6 points on your licence. If you did not have insurance while driving at this point, you can expect 6 points on your licence. This does not mean that you automatically revert back to provisional. If, for example you got caught speeding on top of this, then that would mean 9 points and you would revert back. Did you have insurance? The police database does not necessarily show all insurance on all vehicles.

[bednobs]

yes, just show them the insurance you had and it wil sort out from there

[Buenchico]

Emz26's post is incorrect on two counts:

Firstly, during the first two years after passing your test, a licence is automatically revoked when you reach 6 points, not when you exceed 6 points.

Secondly, your licence does not revert to provisional status. It is completely revoked and you have to apply for (and pay for) a new provisional licence (in the same way that you did prior to learning to drive).

If you acquire 6 points on your licence, there is no right of appeal against the revocation of the licence. This is an automatic process. However, you can appeal against the conviction (or fixed penalty) which led to the points being put on the licence.

So, if you had insurance, you only need to produce evidence of this fact to remove the points and cancel the revocation of the licence. However, if 6 points are put on your licence as the result of one or more genuine driving offences, there's nothing you can do about it:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/LearnerAn dNewDrivers/NewlyQualifiedDrivers/DG_4022566

Chris

[Emz26]

Apologies for my misinformation. I was always led to believe that it worked this way. I will need to be more careful in future when I put my foot down!