(1) Where penalty points are endorsed on the entry of a person and, in consequence, the total number of penalty points standing so endorsed -

(a) equals or exceeds 12, or

(b) in the case of a person who at the time such points are endorsed is a learner driver or a novice driver, equals or exceeds 7,

the person shall stand disqualified for a period of 6 months beginning on the appropriate date for holding a licence and a licence held by him or her at the beginning of the period shall stand suspended accordingly.

(2) At the end of a period of disqualification pursuant to subsection (1) the Minister -

(a) shall cause to be removed from the entry concerned penalty points standing endorsed on it on the date of the notice under section 5 relating to the disqualification, and

(b) shall cause a notice to be given or sent, by post or otherwise, to the person to whom the entry relates -

(i) of the ending of the period and its date, and

(ii) of the removal and particulars of the penalty points the subject of the removal.