2. Subject to paragraph 1—
(a)Article 5 applies in a case where a person is convicted on indictment of an offence which he committed (and, in the case of a continuing offence, has ceased to commit) before 1st July 1983; but in such a case a disqualification order under that Article shall not be made for a period in excess of 5 years;
(b)that Article does not apply in a case where a person is convicted on summary conviction if he had consented to be dealt with summarily before that date.