Your driving licence is automatically revoked if you build up six or more penalty points within two years of passing your first driving test. This includes any penalty points you had before passing the test, which are still valid. You’ll have to reapply for your driving licence as a learner driver and resit your driving test.

How to get your licence back:

To regain your full driving licence you must reapply for a provisional driving licence, pass the theory and practical driving tests again and claim your test pass.

Reapply for a provisional driving licence:

You’ll need to:

complete application for a driving licence D1 (available from the DVLA form ordering service or Post Office® branches)
tick the renewal box ‘Revoked under the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 in section three on the D1 form
pay the fee (see ‘renewal after revocation’ on the cost of a driving licence)
post the D1 form to DVLA, Swansea SA99 1AB

Pass the theory and practical driving tests
You’ll need to pay for and resit the theory and practical driving tests for both the Theory and Practical test.

Full entitlement to drive all categories of vehicle you previously held on your driving licence will only be reinstated when you pass a test in any one of your previously held entitlements.

If you successfully pass a test for entitlement to a category you have not previously held, you’ll get a full driving licence for that category only.

Also, previously held HGV or PCV (passenger carrying vehicle) entitlement will only be reinstated after the approval of the Traffic Commissioner.

After Passing your retest