(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, the court must order there to be endorsed on his driving record particulars of the conviction and also—
(a) if the court orders him to be disqualified, particulars of the disqualification, or
(b) if the court does not order him to be disqualified—
(i) particulars of the offence, including the date when it was committed, and
(ii) the penalty points to be attributed to the offence.
(2) Where the court does not order the person convicted to be disqualified, it need not make an order under subsection (1) above if for special reasons it thinks fit not to do so.
(3) In relation to Scotland, references in this section to the court include the justice of the peace court.
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(4) This section is subject to section 48 of this Act.