(1)Where an applicant for the grant or renewal of a personal licence is convicted of a relevant offence or a foreign offence during the application period, he must as soon as reasonably practicable notify the conviction to the authority to which the application is made.
(2)A person commits an offence if he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1).
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(4)In this section “the application period” means the period that—
(a)begins when the application for grant or renewal is made, and
(b)ends when the application is determined or withdrawn.