At the top right of the front and rear windscreens, for one year. On a Class 2B motorcycle: above or below the headlamp and the rear number plate.

The licence is revoked. All driving tests must be retaken, no earlier than one year after the revocation.

For drivers with a clean record and no claims for 3 years, offered by participating insurers when the policy is renewed.

Read a number plate (6 letters and figures) at 25 metres, with glasses if worn, and tell red, amber and green apart at 25 metres.

12 or more demerit points within 12 months. 2nd suspension 24 weeks, 3rd 1 year, 4th 2 years, 5th onwards 3 years.

Reduced to 4 weeks, or to 1 week if none of the offences involved an accident.

2 years (24 months) from the date of grant. It can be renewed for 2 years at a time.

Must be certified fit to drive by a doctor every 3 years (at 65, 68, 71, 74 and so on) to keep the licence valid.

After 24 months free of scheduled offences from the end of the last suspension. You are then treated like a driver with no suspension record.

Up to 5 years.

Not allowed. A car licence (Class 3/3A) does not cover motorcycles, which need a Class 2B, 2A or 2 licence.

The licence is revoked and the theory and practical tests must be retaken. Retraining and remission are only for the 1st and 2nd suspensions.

After 12 months free of offences from the date of your last offence.

18 years old.

20 or more is a fail. Each mistake carries an even number of points (2 to 10), so 18 is the most you can have and still pass.

It is not valid. Do not drive until you have renewed it.

14: Classes 1, 2B, 2A, 2, 3, 3A, 3C, 3CA, 4, 4P, 4A, 4AP, 5 and 5P.

2 years. After that you must retake and pass the FTT before booking another practical test.

1 year from the date the new driving licence is granted.

For life.

Drive on public roads only with a licensed driving instructor beside you and 'L' plates displayed. Learner drivers may not use expressways.

The driving licence is revoked.

12. You must also not be under suspension, Court disqualification or police investigation, nor within one year of a licence revocation.

24 or more demerit points within 24 months. The first suspension lasts 12 weeks.

Epilepsy, mental disorder, or sudden attacks of disabling giddiness or fainting.

Two 18 cm square 'L' plates, one at the front and one at the back, during driving lessons and tests.

The Basic Theory Test (BTT).

Driver Improvement Points System: demerit points for traffic offences, leading to suspension or revocation of the licence.