1 - The commission of a serious or very serious administrative offense, foreseen and punished under the terms of the Highway Code and complementary legislation, determines the subtraction of points from the driver on the date of the finality of the conviction or of the final judgment, under the following terms:

a) The commission of a serious offense entails the subtraction of three points if it refers to driving under the influence of alcohol, continued use or handling of equipment or apparatus under the terms of Article 84(1), speeding within coexistence zones or overtaking immediately before and at crossings marked for pedestrians or cyclists, and two points for other serious offenses;

b) The commission of a very serious offense implies the subtraction of five points, if it refers to driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of psychotropic substances or speeding within coexistence zones, and four points for other very serious offenses.

2 - A conviction under an ancillary penalty of a driving ban and the closing of the investigation, under the terms of article 282(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, when the injunction referred to in article 281(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been complied with, shall result in the driver being deducted six points.

3 - When there is a conviction referred to in paragraph 1, cumulatively, for serious and very serious offenses committed on the same day, the points deducted may not exceed six, except when there is a conviction for offenses related to driving under the influence of alcohol or psychotropic substances, for which points are deducted under any circumstances.

4 - Subtracting points from a driver has the following effects:

a) Obligation for the offender to attend a road safety training course, in accordance with the rules established by regulation, when the driver has five or fewer points, without prejudice to the provisions of the following paragraphs;

b) Obligation for the offender to take the theory test of the driving test, in accordance with the rules set out in the regulation, when the driver has three or fewer points;

c) The revocation of the offender's driving license, whenever all the driver's points have been deducted.

5 - At the end of each three-year period, with no record of serious or very serious offenses or crimes of a road nature in the record of infractions, three points are awarded to the driver, and the maximum limit of fifteen points may not be exceeded, under the terms of paragraph 2 of article 121a.

6 - For the purposes of the previous paragraph, the reference period without a record of serious or very serious offenses in the register of offenses is two years for offenses committed by drivers of rescue or urgent service vehicles, collective transport of children and young people up to the age of 16, cabs, heavy passenger or goods vehicles or the transport of dangerous goods, in the exercise of their professional duties.

7 - For each period of driving license revalidation without a record of road crimes, the driver is awarded one point, and the maximum limit of sixteen points may not be exceeded, provided that the driver voluntarily attends a training course, in accordance with the rules laid down by regulation.

8 - Unjustified absence from road safety training or from the theory test of the driving test, as well as failure to pass, in accordance with the rules laid down in regulation, shall have the necessary effect of revoking the driver's driving license.

9 - The costs of attending training courses and taking the driving test shall be borne by the offender.

10 - The withdrawal of the driving license referred to in paragraph 4(c) shall be ordered in an autonomous procedure, initiated after the total loss of points allocated to the driving license has occurred.

11 - A person whose driving license has been revoked shall not be granted a new license to drive motor vehicles of any category before two years have elapsed since the revocation took effect.

12 - The driving license is revoked upon notification of the revocation.

13 - The decision to revoke the driving license may be challenged before the courts under the terms of the general regime for administrative offenses.