Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969
An Act to make further provision, in relation to mechanically propelled vehicles, about the licensing, registration and marking of vehicles, the payment of excise duty, the licensing of drivers, offences and the provision of copies of test certificates; and for purposes connected with those matters.
Transfer of functions
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2 Provisions supplementary to s. 1.
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F2(2)
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(3)
The Minister shall make regulations providing for the payment by him, subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be prescribed, of compensation to or in respect of persons who are or were, or but for any national service of theirs would be or would have been, the holders of any such place, situation or employment as may be prescribed and who suffer or have suffered loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to the provisions of section 1 of this Act; and any such regulations may include provision for the determination of questions arising under the regulations.
In this subsection “national service” means any such service in any of Her Majesty’s forces or other employment (whether or not in the service of Her Majesty) as may be prescribed.
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F2(6)
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F2(7)
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F2(8)
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Vehicle licences
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Continuous liability for vehicle excise duty
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Drivers and driving licences
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16 Other amendments of enactments relating to drivers etc.
(1)
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(2)
The Act of 1960 shall have effect subject to the further amendments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(3)—(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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Miscellaneous
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Legal proceedings etc.
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(1)(2)
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(3)
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Supplemental
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34 Orders and regulations.
(1)
Any power to make F26. . . regulations conferred on the Minister by this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and any statutory instrument made by virtue of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(2)
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make different provision for different circumstances;
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provide for exemptions from any provisions of the F26. . . regulations; and
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contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers expedient for the purposes of the F26. . . regulations,
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F28(4)
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(5)
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38 Short title, commencement and extent.
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969.
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(3)
This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
F34SCHEDULE 1
Part I Amendments consequential on s.1
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Part II Amendments consequential on s. 4
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SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of provisions of Act of 1960 relating to drivers etc.
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In section 232(2)(a) (under which the owner of a vehicle may be required to identify the driver of it who it is alleged to have committed an offence to which that section applies) for the words “owner of” there shall be substituted the words “person keeping”.
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“from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge ; but no such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this section more than three years after the commission of the offence.
For the purposes of this section a certificate signed by or on the behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact : and a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.”
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