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10. In Article 140 (appeals to county court against conviction or sentence)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Article 6 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (under which a conviction of an offence for which an order for conditional or absolute discharge is made is deemed not to be a conviction except for certain purposes) shall not prevent an appeal under this Article, whether against conviction or otherwise.”;
(b)omit paragraph (2)(a);
(c)omit paragraph (3);
(d)in paragraph (4) for “section 7(1) of the Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950” substitute “Article 7(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996”.