Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties applying to learner drivers for the non-display of L plates; and the relevant statutory instrument. [21123/06]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties applying to learner drivers for driving unaccompanied when their licence does not permit same; and the relevant statutory instrument. [21124/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 446 and 447 together.

Article 20 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1999-2004 specifies the conditions that holders of provisional licences must comply with to ensure that the provisional licence has effect. If the conditions set out are not complied with a person may be prosecuted under Section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 for driving without a driving licence. The penalty for driving without a driving licence is a fine not exceeding €800 for a first offence, €1,500 for a second offence, and for a third offence in a period of twelve months to a fine of €1500, or at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment not exceeding a term of three months, or both.