Part IIE+W+S Sentence

IntroductoryE+W+S

29 Penalty points to be taken into account on conviction. E+W+S

(1)Where a person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification, the penalty points to be taken into account on that occasion are (subject to subsection (2) below)—

(a)any that are to be attributed to the offence or offences of which he is convicted, and

(b)any that were on a previous occasion ordered to be endorsed on [F1the counterpart of] any licence held by him, unless the offender has since that occasion and before the conviction been disqualified under section 34 or 35 of this Act.

(2)If any of the offences was committed more than three years before another, the penalty points in respect of that offence shall not be added to those in respect of the other.

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