Can you get points on your driving licence for something done on a bike?
No.
No, with one tiny slightly odd exception.
The relevant act is the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. Section 28 states that the offences that attract points are in schedule 2 and that the number of points is in the last column. However, for completeness you also need to note that Section 97 is what tells you that column 5 of Part I of the schedule sets out the circumstances in which Section 28 is relevant. That is, column 5 tells you whether the offence is one that results in obligatory or discretionary disqualification, and it is those offences that attract points.
So then, you just need to read down schedule 2 and look at column 1 (the offences) and column 5 (whether they result in discretionary or obligatory disqualification, ie, attract points. (Column 6 indicates whether endorsement is obligatory - that's described in sections 27 and 96 respectively).
The first relevant offence is RTRA section 17(4), Use of special road contrary to scheme or regulations. This could attract 3 points, but column 5 says "if committed in respect of a motor vehicle", i.e. not if committed in respect of a cycle.
"If committed in respect of a motor vehicle" appears for the offences RTRA sections 25, 28, 29 and 30 too, being the next four eligible offences.
Next up, however is RTRA section 89, exceeding speed limit. Column 5 simply says that it's discretionary, and column 6 says it is obligatory to endorse a licence. However, if you've looked at the page about speed limits you'll know that actually RTRA section 89 itself only applies to motor vehicles, so you can't commit the offence on a cycle, so the offence doesn't apply to cyclists, so the penalty of committing the offence is irrelevant.
And so it continues, every offence in Schedule 2 either does not apply to cyclists because of the definition of the offence, or the offence only attracts points on a driving licence if committed in resect of a motor vehicle.
However, Part II of Schedule 2 hides a tiny exception to the above. In this part, it's column 2 that indicates whether the offence is one that could attract points.
The first row is covered as above - a cyclists cannot commit that offence.
The other rows are a bit more tricky - you can commit these offences without driving (without, in fact, having ever sat in a car at all). For example, if you go equipped for stealing a car, you can get 8 points on your licence. (As an aside, an interesting contrast there - kill someone with your car = 4 points, appear to be preparing to steal someone else's car = 8 points, do our law-makers really have their priorities straight?)
The point is, you can get points on your licence if you are cycling equipped for stealing etc. So, in the strict sense of the question at the top of the page, you can get points on your licence for something done while cycling.
It's sometimes said that cycling offences can't attract points because a
cyclist might not have a licence to accumulate the points. Although the
conclusion si right, the reasoning is baloney - there's a mechanism by which
the points accumulate even if you don't have a licence. When you get a
licence, it will have the points on. It's the way under-age joyriders (for
example) get points. It's set out in
Section 45 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act, which has such phrasing as
"whether he is at the time the holder of a licence or not" and so on.
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