30Penalty points: modification where fixed penalty also in question
(1)Sections 28 and 29 of this Act shall have effect subject to this section in any case where—
(a)a person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory or discretionary disqualification, and
(b)the court is satisfied that his licence has been or is liable to be endorsed under section 57 or 77 of this Act in respect of an offence (referred to in this section as the “connected offence”) committed on the same occasion as the offence of which he is convicted.
(2)Subject to section 28(2) of this Act, the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence of which he is convicted is—
(a)the number of penalty points to be attributed to that offence under section 28(1) of this Act apart from this section, less
(b)the number of penalty points required to be endorsed on his licence under section 57 or 77 of this Act in respect of the connected offence.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above, where a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act against the provision of the Traffic Acts under which his offence is committed or punishable or in Part II of that Schedule against the offence of which he is convicted, the number of penalty points referred to in subsection (2)(a) above shall be taken to be a number falling within that range determined by the court as the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence under section 28(1) of this Act apart from this section.