(1) When penalty points are endorsed on the entry of a person, the Minister shall, as soon as may be thereafter, cause a notice to be given or sent, by post or otherwise, to the person -

(a) to the effect that the number of penalty points specified in the notice has been endorsed on the entry relating to the person following -

(i) the making by the person of a payment referred to in section 2(1), or

(ii) the conviction of the person of a penalty point offence,

and that, subject to section 3(2), they will remain on the entry for a period of 3 years beginning on the appropriate date, and

(b) specifying the total number of penalty points that, following the endorsement aforesaid, stand so endorsed and, if that number -

(i) equals or exceeds 12, or

(ii) 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,