The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 15

Road Traffic

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Made

7th January 2015

Laid before Parliament

13th January 2015

Coming into force

4th February 2015

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 97(1)(a) and 105(1), (2)(a) and (4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1), by virtue of the Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) Order 2003(2), and with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 105(4) of the 1988 Act.

The Secretary of State has consulted representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 4th February 2015.

Amendment of Regulations

2.  The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999(3) are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

3.  In Schedule 3 (licence fees), in Part 1 (table of fees applying on or after 1st April 2008) after the entry numbered 15 insert—

“16

A licence granted following disqualification ordered by a court under article 3 of the Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Disqualification from Driving) Order 2011(4).

£65”

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Claire Perry

Parliametary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

5th January 2015

We approve the making of these Regulations

D Micklethwaite

Gavin Barwell

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

7th January 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Part 1 of Schedule 3 (licence fees) to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864) with effect from 4th February 2015.

Regulation 3 introduces a fee of £65 for a licence granted following disqualification by a court in Scotland for soliciting or loitering for the purpose of obtaining the services of a person engaged in prostitution whilst driving or otherwise in charge of a motor vehicle.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1988 c.52. Section 97(1)(a) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c.22), sections 6, 7 and 16, Schedule 3, paragraph 9 and Schedule 6 and the Immigration Act 2014 (c.22), section 46(1). Section 105(2)(a) was substituted by S.I. 1996/1974, regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 17(a) and subsequently amended by the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c.32), section 91(1), Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 23(a)(i). Section 105(4) was amended by S.I. 1998/1420, regulation 10(3). See section 108(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(2)

S.I. 2003/2994, amended by S.I. 2008/908. The relevant provisions of S.I. 2003/2994 are articles 2 and 3.

(3)

S.I. 1999/2864; table 1 in Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 2008/508 and amended by S.I. 2009/788, 2012/977 and 2014/2580.

(4)

S.I. 2011/2490.