Paragraph 17 I1

After that section insert—

“Effect of endorsement of driving record without hearing

58A

(1)

Where a person's driving record is endorsed under section 57A of this Act he shall be treated for the purposes of sections 13(4), 28, 29 and 45A of this Act and of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as if—

(a)

he had been convicted of the offence,

(b)

the endorsement had been made in pursuance of an order made on his conviction by a court under section 44 of this Act, and

(c)

the particulars of the offence endorsed by virtue of section 57A(6)(a) of this Act were particulars of his conviction of that offence.

(2)

In relation to any endorsement of a person's driving record under section 57A of this Act, the references in section 13(4) of this Act to any order made on a person's conviction are to be read as references to the endorsement itself.”