1E+W+SPart 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (licensing of drivers of vehicles) is amended as follows.
2E+W+SIn section 99 (duration of licences of drivers of motor vehicles of classes other than any prescribed class of goods vehicle or any prescribed class of passenger-carrying vehicle), in subsection (1)(b) (duration of licence to be granted to person suffering from relevant or prospective disability), for the words from “of not more than” to “may determine” substitute “as the Secretary of State may determine which shall be a period—
(i)of not more than ten years and not less than one year, ending on or before the seventieth anniversary of the applicant's date of birth, or
(ii)where, at the time the licence is granted, there are less than three years until that seventieth anniversary or where the licence is granted on or after that anniversary, of not more than three years and not less than one year”.
3E+W+SIn consequence of paragraph 2, in section 100(1)(b) (appeals relating to licences: determination under section 99(1)(b))—
(a)for “three” substitute “ ten ”;
(b)after “or less” insert “ or, where sub-paragraph (ii) of section 99(1)(b) applies, for three years or less ”.