F1Part I
I16 Certificates of convictions for purposes of Part I.
1
Where—
a
on any date after the commencement of this section a person is convicted in England and Wales of a serious offence, a class A drug trafficking offence or a domestic burglary; and
b
the court by or before which he is so convicted states in open court that he has been convicted of such an offence on that date; and
c
that court subsequently certifies that fact,
the certificate shall be evidence, for the purposes of the relevant section, that he was convicted of such an offence on that date.
2
Where—
a
after the commencement of this section a person is convicted in England and Wales of a class A drug trafficking offence or a domestic burglary; and
b
the court by or before which he is so convicted states in open court that the offence was committed on a particular day or over, or at some time during, a particular period; and
c
that court subsequently certifies that fact,
the certificate shall be evidence, for the purposes of the relevant section, that the offence was committed on that day or over, or at some time during, that period.
3
In this section—
“serious offence”, “class A drug trafficking offence” and “domestic burglary” have the same meanings as in sections 2, 3 and 4 respectively; and
“the relevant section”, in relation to any such offence, shall be construed accordingly.
Pt. I (ss. 1-7) repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)