{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-51.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1320",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Combination of disqualification and endorsement with probation orders and orders for discharge",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 8(2) of the 1950 c. 7 (N.I.). Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (conviction of offender placed on probation or discharged to be disregarded for the purposes of enactments relating to disqualification), a court which on convicting a person of an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification makes—\n(a) a probation order, or\n(b) an order discharging him absolutely or conditionally,\nmay on that occasion also exercise any power conferred, and must also discharge any duty imposed, on the court by Articles 35, 40, 41 ,49 or 49A.\n(2) A conviction—\n(a) in respect of which a court has ordered a person to be disqualified, or\n(b) of which particulars have been endorsed on the counterpart of any licence held by him or on his driving record,\nis to be taken into account, notwithstanding anything in section 8(1) of the Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (conviction of offender placed on probation or discharged to be disregarded for the purpose of subsequent proceedings), in determining his liability to punishment or disqualification for any offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification committed subsequently.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 51(1) substituted (14.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 10(a); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 51(2)(b) inserted (14.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 10(b); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1320/article/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:50.386033+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}