In any case where a court exercises its power under section 34, 35 or 44 of this Act not to order any disqualification or endorsement or to order disqualification for a shorter period than would otherwise be required, it must state the grounds for doing so in open court and, if it is a magistrates’ court or, in Scotland, a court of summary jurisdiction, must cause them to be entered in the register (in Scotland, record) of its proceedings.

Where a court orders the endorsement of F1the counterpart of any licence held by a person it may F2, and where a court orders the holder of a licence to be disqualified for a period of 56 days or more it must,, send the F3licence and its counterpart, on their being produced to the court, to the Secretary of State; and if the court orders the endorsement but does not send the licence F1and its counterpart to the Secretary of State it must send him notice of the endorsement.

Subsection (2) above is subject to section 2(2) of and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 (obligation of court to send licence and its counterpart to the Secretary of State).

Where on an appeal against F5an order for the endorsement of a licence or the disqualification of a person the appeal is allowed, the court by which the appeal is allowed must send notice of that fact to the Secretary of State.

A notice sent by a court to the Secretary of State in pursuance of this section must be sent in such manner and to such address and contain such particulars as the Secretary of State may determine, and a licence F6and the counterpart of a licence so sent in pursuance of this section must be sent to such address as the Secretary of State may determine.