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NE98 : non-endorsable miscellaneous offences from 1 january 2004. power under section 146 of the power of criminal courts (sentencing) act 2000 to order a defendant to be disqualified from driving - anti-social behaviour
Checked 23 July 2026 · How we check our figures
What it means
NE98 collects disqualifications imposed where the offence itself carries no endorsement, from 1 January 2004 on the list's dating. The use the list names is anti-social behaviour with a vehicle. The underlying power is the court's general one to disqualify for any offence: the list still cites s. 146 of the 2000 Act, and since the Sentencing Code consolidation of December 2020 the power lives there. No points, and the list gives no retention period for NE codes.
Points and how long it stays
The NE codes are the register's other tier: no penalty points, because the entry is not an endorsement at all but the record of a disqualification. The current gov.uk list carries four. NE96 is child maintenance enforcement, ss. 39A and 40B Child Support Act 1991; NE97 records interim-disqualification states, the s. 26 RTOA 1988 procedure; NE98 is the court's general power to disqualify for a non-endorsable offence, the anti-social behaviour route; NE99 gives effect in Great Britain to bans from Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, while bans from the Republic of Ireland run under the MR codes at /fines/codes. DVLA shows the entries to the driver and to third parties such as insurers and the police. The list names no retention period for NE codes, and any disqualification of 56 days or more means renewing the licence, for a fee, once the ban ends.
The usual route
No ticket; the code follows a court order disqualifying for an offence that is not itself endorsable, the anti-social behaviour route the list highlights.
If it goes to court
The list anchors the power at s. 146 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, the general power to disqualify for any offence; for convictions since December 2020 that Act has been consolidated into the Sentencing Code, where the power continues.
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Authority
gov.uk, Penalty points (endorsements), checked 2026-07-23; s. 146 Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, since consolidated into the Sentencing Code