Schedule 4
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Amendments made: 97, in schedule 4, page 84, line 15, at end insert—
‘( ) In subsection (9)—
(a) in paragraph (a), after “sentenced)” insert “or in the case mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii) the date of the order for absolute discharge”, and
(b) for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b) references to a conviction include references to—
(i) a conviction in relation to which the court makes an order for absolute or conditional discharge or a court in Scotland makes a probation order,
(ii) an order for absolute discharge made by a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland under section 246(3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 without proceeding to a conviction, and
(iii) a conviction in Northern Ireland.”.’.