(This note is not part of the Order.)
Article 39(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 provides that no order shall be made under Article 36 of that Order (which provides that courts acting for designated areas have the power to order that a period of disqualification imposed on a person convicted of a drink-drive offence be reduced if by a date specified in the order, the offender satisfactorily completes a course approved by the Department) after the end of 2000 or such later date as may be specified. This Order specifies the end of 2005 in place of the end of 2000.