(1) In this Act, subject to the provisions of this section, the appropriate date, in relation to penalty points, is the date that is 28 days from the date of the notice under section 5 relating to the penalty points; and, for the purposes of the application of this section to section 3(1), the notice under section 5 is that relating to the penalty points concerned that are the latest to be endorsed on an entry before a disqualification occurs under section 3(1) of the person to whom the entry relates.

(2) Where, but for this subsection, the appropriate date would fall on a day in a period when the person concerned stands disqualified pursuant to section 3, Part III of the Principal Act or section 29 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 for holding a licence, or is otherwise not the holder of a licence, the appropriate date shall fall on the day immediately after the end of the period aforesaid or, as the case may be, the day on which the person becomes such a holder.

(3) If a court enlarges the time for instituting an appeal against a conviction for penalty point offence, it may, if it thinks it is appropriate and in the interests of justice to do so, by order provide that, in relation to the penalty points concerned -

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