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The Road Safety Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015

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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

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11.  The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (1) are amended as follows—

(a)in regulation 12(4)(a) (restrictions on the grant of large goods and passenger–carrying vehicle driver’s licences) for “58” substitute “58A”(2);

(b)in regulation 21 (lost or defaced licences)—

(i)in paragraph (1)—

(aa)in paragraph (a)(i) omit the words “or its counterpart”;

(bb)for the words from “the Secretary of State shall” to the end substitute “the Secretary of State shall, on the surrender of any licence that has not been lost, issue to him a duplicate licence and the duplicate so issued shall have the same effect as the original.”;

(ii)omit paragraph (3);

(c)in regulation 38 (further requirements at tests)—

(i)in paragraph (3)(a)(i) omit the words “and a counterpart thereof”;

(ii)in paragraph (5)(a) omit the words “and a counterpart thereof”;

(d)in regulation 55 (large goods vehicle drivers’ licences and LGV Community licences: obligatory revocation or withdrawal and disqualification)—

(i)in paragraph (1) for “58” substitute “58A”;

(ii)in paragraph (2) for “58” substitute “58A”;

(e)in regulation 57(2)(b) (removal of disqualification) omit the words “, or of its counterpart,” and for “45” substitute “45A”(3);

(f)in regulation 80 (persons who become resident in Great Britain)—

(i)omit paragraph (5)(b)(ii);

(ii)omit paragraph (5)(c);

(iii)in paragraph (5)(e) omit the words “and the references to a counterpart of a licence were omitted”.

(1)

S.I. 1999/2864; regulation 12(4)(a) was amended by S.I. 2003/636, regulation 38 was amended by S.I. 2005/2717, S.I. 2007/698, S.I. 2009/788, S.I. 2010/1203 and S.I. 2012/977, regulation 57 was amended by S.I. 2013/1644 and regulation 80 was amended by S.I. 2003/166.

(2)

Section 58A of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 was inserted by paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Road Safety Act 2006 (c.49).

(3)

Section 45A of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 was inserted by paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Road Safety Act 2006 and amended by paragraph 42 of Schedule 3 to that Act.

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