The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

4.—(1) Regulation 3 (Interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) before the definition of “appropriate driving test”, there shall be inserted—

• ““ambulance” means a motor vehicle which—

  (a)

  is constructed or adapted for, and used for no other purpose than, the carriage of sick, injured or disabled people to or from welfare centres or places where medical or dental treatment is given, and

  (b)

  is readily identifiable as such a vehicle by being marked “Ambulance” on both sides;”;

(b) in the definition of “mobile project vehicle”, the words “for children” shall be omitted;

(c) for the definition of “power to weight ratio” there shall be substituted—

• ““power to weight ratio”, in relation to a motor bicycle, means the ratio of the maximum net power output of the engine of the vehicle to its weight (including the weight of any side-car) with—

  (a)

  a full supply of fuel in the tank,

  (b)

  an adequate supply of other liquids needed for its propulsion, and

  (c)

  no load other than its normal equipment, including loose tools;”.

(3) For paragraph (2)(a) there shall be substituted—

“(ii) surrendered to the Secretary of State or is revoked otherwise than by notice under section 93(1) or (2) of the Traffic Act (revocation because of disability or prospective disability), or”.