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(1)This section applies where—
(a)in endorsing [F1the counterpart of] any person’s licence under section 57 of this Act, the fixed penalty clerk is deceived as to whether endorsement under that section is excluded by section 61(2) of this Act by virtue of the fact that the licence holder would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence, or
(b)in endorsing [F2the counterpart of] any person’s licence under section 77 of this Act the clerk of court specified in the conditional offer (within the meaning of that section) is deceived as to whether he is required by section 76(5) of this Act to return the licence [F3and its counterpart without endorsing the counterpart] by virtue of the fact that the licence holder would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence.
(2)If—
(a)the deception constituted or was due to an offence committed by the licence holder, and
(b)the licence holder is convicted of that offence,
the court by or before which he is convicted shall have the same powers and duties as it would have had if he had also been convicted by or before it of the offence of which particulars were endorsed under section 57 or, as the case may be, 77 of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 24(a)
F2Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2, para. 24(b)(i)(ii)
F3Words substituted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2, para. 24(b)(i)(ii)
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