8 Duty to include date of birth and sex in written plea of guilty.E+W+S
A person who—
(a)gives a notification [F1to [F2the designated officer for a magistrates' court] in pursuance of section 12(4)] of the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (written pleas of guilty), or
(b)gives a written intimation of a plea of guilty in pursuance of section 334(3) of the M2Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975,
in respect of an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification or of such other offence as may be prescribed by regulations under section 105 of the M3Road Traffic Act 1988, must include in the notification or intimation a statement of the date of birth and sex of the accused.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 8(a) substituted (1.4.2001) for words “to the clerk of a court in pursuance of section 12(2)" by virtue of 1999 c. 22, s. 90(1), Sch. 13 para. 142 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F2Words in s. 8(a) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 311; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 8: power to exclude or modify conferred (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52, SIF 107:1), s. 193A(2)(b) (inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 46(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.).
Marginal Citations