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counterpart of any Great Britain licence or Community licence then held by him free from the
endorsement if he makes an application to the Department for that purpose in such manner as
it may determine.
(6) The endorsement remains effective until four years have elapsed since he was convicted of
the offence in relation to which he is disqualified by virtue of section 57.
(7)Where the person ceases to be disqualified by virtue of section 57(6), the Department must
secure that the relevant particulars are endorsed on the counterpart of the Northern Ireland licen-
ce or the counterpart of any Great Britain licence or Community licence previously held by him.
General
70- Duty of appropriate Minister to inform competent authority
(1) This section applies where a competent authority of any State gives the appropriate Minis-
ter a notice under the convention on driving disqualifications in respect of any person.
(2) If the appropriate Minister gives a notice under section 57 to that person, he must give
the competent authority particulars of the disqualification which arises by virtue of that section.
(3) If the appropriate Minister does not give such a notice, he must give his reasons to the
competent authority.
71- Notices
(1) A notice authorised or required under this Chapter to be given by the appropriate Minister
to an individual, or a Community licence required to be returned to its holder by section 65, may
be given or returned to him by—
(a) delivering it to him,
(b) leaving it at his proper address, or
(c) sending it to him by post.
(2) For the purposes of—
(a) subsection (1), and
(b) section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) in its application to that subsection,
the proper address of any individual is his latest address as known to the appropriate Minister.