COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS PART 6: Personal Licences. Section 131 – Court’s duty to notify licensing authority of convictions
212.This clause sets out the obligations of the court to the relevant licensing authority where a personal licence holder is convicted of a relevant offence. An appropriate officer of the court (defined in subsection (5)) must notify the relevant licensing authority of:
	the licence holder’s name and address
	the nature and date of the conviction
	details of any sentence passed.
213.Where a conviction is quashed or a sentence altered on appeal, or where the Court of Appeal takes action in relation to a sentence it regards as unduly lenient, the court concerned must notify the relevant licensing authority.