2018 No. 225 (S. 3)
The Motorways Traffic (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2)(a) and (c)1, (3) and (3ZB)2 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19843.
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 134(2)4 of that Act.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Motorways Traffic (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 4th June 2018.
2
These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Learner drivers on motorways2
1
The Motorways Traffic (Scotland) Regulations 19955 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
2
After regulation 10(2) (vehicles not to be driven by learner drivers) insert—
2A
Paragraph (1) above does not apply where the holder of the provisional licence—
a
is driving a motor car the transmission of which may be disengaged, and the brakes operated, independently from the driver by a person sitting in the front passenger seat, and
b
is under the supervision of a person who is present with him in the vehicle, and whose name is in Part 1 or Part 2 of the register of approved instructors, referred to in section 123(1)(a) and (aa) of the Road Traffic Act 19986 and the registration is not suspended.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)