Valid from 11/10/2004
Valid from 28/01/2010
(1)This section applies where a person is disqualified by virtue of section 57.
(2)Where the person appeals to a court of summary jurisdiction against the disqualification, the court may, if it thinks fit, suspend the disqualification.
(3)Where the person makes an application in respect of the decision of the court under Article 146 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/ 1675 (N.I. 26)) (statement of case), the Court of Appeal may, if it thinks fit, suspend the disqualification.
(4)Where the person has appealed, or applied for leave to appeal, to the [F1 Supreme Court ] under section 41 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23) from any decision of the Court of Appeal which is material to the disqualification, the Court of Appeal may, if it thinks fit, suspend the disqualification.
(5)Any power of a court under this section to suspend the disqualification is a power to do so on such terms as the court thinks fit.
(6)Where, by virtue of this section, a court suspends the disqualification, it must send notice of the suspension to the Department.
(7)The notice must—
(a)be sent in such manner and to such address, and
(b)contain such particulars,
as the Department may determine.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 62(4) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 79; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)