Posted By Haggis JM Hopefully this will not fall foul of the new AUG 6... "The owner of a fireworks warehouse has been fined £300 and banned from being a director after safety breaches led to a huge fire at the site in North Somerset" Fair enough... "Although no driving offences were committed, he was also banned from driving for six months on each count, to run concurrently, as an added punishment within sentencing guidelines" That's an interesting one to run past our Boards!

Posted By Ron Hunter Under Section 146(1) of the Powers of the Criminal Courts (sentencing) Act 2000, all criminal courts have the power to include a driving disqualification instead of, or as part of another type of sentence for an offence from 1 January 2004. See also: http://www.homeoffice.go...circulars-2003/059-2003/ I have to say that IMHO a driving ban in this instance hardly "fits" with the intention of the law, more aimed at kerb-crawlers, and those who commit ant-social behaviour involving vehicles. No doubt there will be route for appeal.