The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 1259

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1996

Made

8th May 1996

Laid before Parliament

10th May 1996

Coming into force

for the purpose of enabling persons to apply for tests

1st June 1996

for all other purposes

1st July 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(3), (4) and (7)(1), 91, 97(1)(2), 105(3) and 108(1)(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(5) after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act and, as regards the fees prescribed under regulation 6 and Schedule 1, with the approval of the Treasury(6) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

(1)

Subsection (3) was amended by paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) (in the footnotes hereinafter referred to as “the 1991 Act”); subsections (4) and (7) were inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22) (in the footnotes hereinafter referred to as “the 1989 Act”). Subsection (4)(b) is to be read in connection with the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/643, as amended by S.I. 1991/811, 1993/1601 and 1995/1684), Schedule 1, Table III.

(2)

Subsection (1) was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the 1989 Act and by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144).

(3)

Subsection (2) was amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 and paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the 1989 Act.

(4)

See the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(5)

1988 c. 52.

(6)

See section 105(4).