Chapter 2 of 13 · Penalty points · Calculator

How many points, and when do they go?

Checked 15 Oct 2026the Road Traffic Act 2002 (as amended).

Points run for 3 years from the date they are endorsed, and a disqualification of 6 months follows when the total within any 3-year period reaches 12, or 7 for a learner or novice. Enter the points you already have and the offence on the notice, and see the total on each route and the date each block leaves the record.

Your licence and the notice

What points do you have, and what is on the notice?

Licence typeA learner or novice is disqualified at 7 points; everyone else at 12.Offence on the noticeThe 2026 proposal for graduated points of 3 to 7 by how far over the limit is not law.

How it is being dealt withPaying the fixed charge carries the lower figure; a conviction in court carries the higher one.

Points already on your record, as blocks from each notice of endorsement (up to 6)

Block 1: pointsBlock 1: date endorsed

The date on the notice of endorsement from the RSA, or the date your NDLS record shows. Leave the blocks empty if you have no points.

The figures are the points the Act attaches to the offence and the arithmetic of the three-year window on the dates you enter. The tool does not read your record, does not know the endorsement dates the RSA holds, and does not decide whether you are disqualified.

Ask a solicitorMany people handle this themselves

A speeding notice is usually paid, not argued.

Say which court, what the paper says and where you are in it. A solicitor who is in that District Court will contact you. Legal aid comes first on this site: if you may qualify, ask the judge for it at your first appearance.

What it is about
Your court and where you are
Your details

What is it about?

Choose the kind of matter, then the one that fits. You can add a sentence in your own words at the last step.

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