According to the draft legislation, provisions that currently allow individuals to have their driving licences restored early following administrative offences will be abolished. The corresponding amendments were presented at yesterday’s session of the parliamentary bureau.

As stated in the bill, any person who has committed an administrative offence under Articles 116 and/or 123 of the Code of Administrative Offences before December 10, 2025, shall be granted a one-time exemption from the administrative penalty, suspension of driving licenses, imposed for said offence, though they will still be considered to have been penalised.

The draft states that individuals need not apply to the relevant authority or official to be released from the administrative penalty of licence suspension; the release from the administrative penalty shall be implemented by February 1, 2026.

The bill specifies that the Ministry of Internal Affairs shall ensure the publication of information regarding the release of individuals from administrative penalties on the ministry’s official website in accordance with statutory procedures, and driving privileges shall be restored to individuals immediately upon publication of information regarding their release from the administrative penalty of driving licence suspension.

The transitional provisions also stipulate that any person who has committed an administrative offence under Articles 45, 45¹ or 115² of Georgia’s Code of Administrative Offences before December 10, 2025, shall be granted a one-time exemption from the administrative penalty imposed for said offence, which entails suspension of driving licenses.

In the said case, the individual must apply to the Service Agency for restoration of their suspended driving licence. In this case, the restoration of driving privileges shall be permitted upon presentation of a forensic medical examination (dynamic narcological assessment) report issued by the authorised state expert institution, subject to the fulfilment of the requirements established by law.

Furthermore, the transitional provisions stipulate that any person whose driving licence has been suspended before December 10, 2025, in accordance with the Law on Road Traffic due to exhaustion of the number of points allocated to their driving licence, shall have their driving privileges restored from January 1, 2026, and their driving licence shall be re-allocated 100 points.

Individuals will not be required to apply to the relevant authority or official with jurisdiction to hear administrative offence cases for restoration of driving privileges and allocation of 100 points to their driving licence.

The draft legislation specifies that the relevant authority or official with statutory jurisdiction to hear administrative offence cases must ensure restoration of driving privileges and allocation of 100 points to driving licences by January 1, 2026.

The bill includes statistics on the number of people who have suspended licences.

“According to existing statistical data, as of today a total of 35,445 driving licences are suspended, including: 18,310 for drink-driving; 1,134 for causing a road traffic accident and leaving the scene; 3,504 for drug use; 781 for exhaustion of points; 327 based on a criminal conviction; and 11,389 for other reasons, including failure to pay previous administrative fines,” the draft states.