40(1)The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 (c. 23) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In section 16(5) (termination of licence), for “he becomes a patient within the meaning of Part VII of the Mental Health Act 1983” substitute “ he becomes a person who lacks capacity (within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005) to use a vehicle under the licence ”.
(3)In section 48 (licence not to be transferable, etc.)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)for “or become a patient within the meaning of Part VII of the Mental Health Act 1983” substitute “ , or become a person who lacks capacity (within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005) to use a vehicle under the licence, ”, and
(ii)in paragraph (a), for “became a patient” substitute “ became a person who lacked capacity in that respect ”, and
(b)in subsection (5), for “a patient within the meaning of Part VII of the Mental Health Act 1983” substitute “ a person lacking capacity ”.