The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Effect of endorsement without hearing

64.—(1) Where the counterpart of a person’s licence is endorsed under Article 63 he shall be treated for the purposes of Articles 16(4), 30, 31 and 50 of this Order and of the [1978 NI 27.] Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 as if—

(a) he had been convicted of the offence,

(b) the endorsement had been made in pursuance of an order made on his conviction by a court under Article 49, and

(c) the particulars of the offence endorsed by virtue of Article 63(5)(a) were particulars of his conviction of that offence.

(2) In relation to any endorsement of the counterpart of a person’s licence under Article 63—

(a) the reference in Article 50(3) to the order for endorsement, and

(b) the references in Article 16(4) to any order made on a person’s conviction,

are to be read as a reference to the endorsement itself.