I went to court today for a speeding offence so heres some information I can give you.
You can not progress a licence (eg P1 to P2) with a driving issue not resolved.
The magistrate dismissed a case where a man with a clear record since 1977 for a low range speeding offence, but upheld a case where someone had a clean record since 1987 and got done for being 0.05 BAC.
If you want leanency you plead guilt and asked to be sentenced under section 10. That means you are found guilty pay a fine but still able to drive as the conviction is not recorded. To ask for section 10 you need a clean record for 10 or so years and it has to be low range (being 0.05 BAC or doing less than 15km/h ect). You can not ask for it purely based on you needing it for work. (You can ask but they will deny it).
I am pretty sure that if you lose your licence or get suspended while on a restricted licence (L, P1, P2) you have to resit that test and then start the x amount of time again for that licence. If new laws have been introduced (like what cars you can not drive due to there power) you now have to abide by them.
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