31.—(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, the penalty points to be taken into account on that occasion are (subject to paragraph (2))—
(a)any that are to be attributed to the offence or offences of which he is convicted, disregarding any offence in respect of which an order under Article 35 is made, and
(b)any that were on a previous occasion ordered to be endorsed on the counterpart of any licence held by him [F1or on his driving record], unless the offender has since that occasion and before the conviction been disqualified under Article 40.
(2) If any of the offences was committed more than 3 years before another, the penalty points in respect of that offence shall not be added to those in respect of the other.
F1Words in art. 31(1)(b) inserted (14.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3)(5), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 3; S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II