If you are convicted of a motoring offence then you will often get penalty points on your license, also known as endorsements.
When points are issued the smallest number that can be given is two points(for lesser offences) with the maximum being eleven, although for the majority of offences three points or more are given. In some cases separate points are given for multiple occurrences of the same indiscretion (for example if you have more than one defective tyre) and in most convictions penalty points are obligatory but the actual number of points is up to the discretion of the court.
Each endorsement has an offence code relating to a specific offence and is written on the counterpart section of your photo card driving license and if you have been convicted of an offence and receive points then you will need to produce your driving licence to either the police, the fixed penalty office (FPO) or at your court appearance.
Depending on the offence the endorsements must stay on your license for either four or eleven years. It is four years if you have committed reckless/dangerous driving, offences resulting in disqualification or have been disqualified from driving until a driving test has been passed, and eleven years if the conviction is related to drinking or drugs and driving, causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs, or causing death by careless driving, then failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
If you are a repeat offender you may be given points for each motoring offence and if you manage to amount twelve or more points in a period of three years then you will have you license revoked under the totting up system. In the first two years of driving you will lose your license if you tot up six or more points in a two year period.
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