Part II Sentence

Introductory

C131 Court may take particulars endorsed on licence into consideration.

1

Where a person is convicted of an offence involving F1obligatory or discretionary disqualification and his licence F2and its counterpart are produced to the court—

a

any existing endorsement on F3the counterpart of his licence is prima facie evidence of the matters endorsed, and

b

the court may, in determining what order to make in pursuance of the conviction, take those matters into consideration.

2

This section has effect notwithstanding anything in sections 311(5) and 357(1) of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (requirements as to notices of penalties and previous convictions).