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Amendments 320 to 324 provide for the DVLA to refuse to issue a British driving licence as a replacement for a licence issued in Northern Ireland to a registered sex offender attempting to obtain a British licence in a new name without authorisation. The remaining government amendments to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 are minor and consequential. Together, these amendments will mean that registered sex offenders cannot exploit the existence of two driving licence-issuing agencies in the UK. That will prevent them obtaining one without authorisation, regardless of where that licence comes from in the UK.