1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

2.—(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988(1) shall be amended as provided in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(2) The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(2) shall be amended as provided in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(3) The Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989(3) shall be amended as provided in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

(4) The Criminal Justice Act 1972(4) and the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973(5) shall be amended as provided in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

3.  The amendments mentioned in regulation 2 above shall have effect only in relation to driving licences which come into force on or after 1st June 1990 (or, in their application to licences to drive a motor vehicle granted under the law of Northern Ireland, to such licences which come into force on or after 1st January 1991).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Atkins

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

29th January 1990