Cengolio · Fines · Codes · LC50
LC50 : driving after a licence has been cancelled (revoked) or refused on medical grounds
Checked 22 July 2026 · How we check our figures
What it means
LC50 sits one step short of the disqualified driver: the licence was refused or revoked on medical grounds, s. 94A RTA 1988, and the driving carried on. Unlike BA10's flat 6 it carries 3 to 6 points, but the shape of the case is the same: the DVLA's letter is the evidence, and there is no oversight to argue, only whether the letter arrived and what it said. The medical route back runs through the DVLA, not the court.
Points and how long it stays
3 to 6 points.
On the licence for 4 years from the date of the offence.
The LC codes are the licence's own offences, 3 to 6 points each on the 4-year offence clock, one everyday code and a medical trio. LC20 is the everyday one, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, s. 87 RTA 1988: the learner outside the conditions, the category that was never held. LC30, LC40 and LC50 share a spine that runs through the DVLA's medical file, the false fitness declaration, the condition never notified under s. 94, the driving after a medical refusal or revocation under s. 94A. Two shadows fall across the whole family: insurance, because cover generally stands on entitlement and IN10 often arrives on the same facts, and the DVLA itself, which usually moves against the licence before the courtroom moves at all. The insurance half sits in the no insurance guide at /fines/guides/no-insurance.
The usual route
There is no roadside route: the case arrives as a court charge, usually after the DVLA's medical file has reopened.
If it goes to court
Income-banded fine with a discretionary ban; the real contest is usually the medical file, not the money; mechanics in the fine bands guide.
Read next
Guide: Eyesight medical revocation →
Calculator: the code decoder, every code on the official list →
Authority
gov.uk, Penalty points (endorsements), checked 2026-07-22