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115 Old offences relevant in determining previous convictions
(1)A finding of guilt or conviction of an old offence counts as a finding of guilt or conviction of a new offence for the purpose of determining whether or not a person has previously been found guilty or convicted of the new offence.
(2)For the purposes of this section—
(a)an old offence is an offence under a repealed statutory provision which is constituted by the same acts, omissions, matters, circumstances or things as an offence (the new offence) under an Act or subordinate instrument which substantially re-enacts (whether in the same language or not) the repealed statutory provision; and
(b)a repealed statutory provision is an Act or provision of an Act that has been repealed or a subordinate instrument or provision of a subordinate instrument that has been revoked.
(3)This section applies—
(a)even if the new offence differs from the old offence in—
(i)its penalty; or
(ii)the procedure applicable to its prosecution; or