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            CHAPTER I</Number><Title> Offences involving drink or drugs</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/part/II/chapter/I/crossheading/miscellaneous-and-supplementary" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/part/II/chapter/I/crossheading/miscellaneous-and-supplementary" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-II-chapter-I-crossheading-miscellaneous-and-supplementary" RestrictStartDate="2015-04-10"><Title> Miscellaneous and supplementary</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="1992-12-07"><Title> Amendment of scope of offences involving drink or drugs under Road Traffic Act 1988.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/section/39" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/section/39" id="section-39"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c8596081"/>39</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The following section shall be inserted in the <CommentaryRef Ref="c8596091"/>Road Traffic Act 1988 after section 192—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P1group><Title> Tramcars and other guided vehicles: drink and drugs.</Title><P1><Pnumber>192A</Pnumber><P1para><P2><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Sections 4 to 11 of this Act shall not apply (to the extent that apart from this subsection they would) to vehicles on any transport system to which Chapter I of Part II of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (offences involving drink or drugs on railways, tramways and certain other guided transport systems) applies.</Text></P2para></P2><P2><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Subject to subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State may by regulations provide that sections 4 to 11 of this Act shall apply to vehicles on a system of guided transport specified in the regulations with such modifications as he considers necessary or expedient.</Text></P2para></P2><P2><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Regulations under subsection (2) above may make different provision for different cases.</Text></P2para></P2><P2><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section—</Text><UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term>guided transport</Term>” means transport by vehicles guided by means external to the vehicles (whether or not the vehicles are also capable of being operated in some other way), and</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term>vehicle</Term>” includes mobile traction unit.</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></BlockAmendment></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c8596081" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00435" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/part/II/chapter/1" SectionRef="part-II-chapter-1">Pt. II Ch. 1</CitationSubRef> (ss. 26-40) wholly in force at 7. 12. 1992 see <CitationSubRef id="c00436" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/section/70" SectionRef="section-70">s. 70</CitationSubRef> and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2043" id="c00437" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2043">S.I. 1992/2043</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00438" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2043/article/2/a" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00437" SectionRef="article-2-a">art. 2(a)</CitationSubRef>.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8596091" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/52" id="c00439" Year="1988" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="52">1988 c. 52</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8595891" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00445" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/part/II/chapter/1" SectionRef="part-II-chapter-1">Pt. II Ch. 1</CitationSubRef> (ss. 26-40) wholly in force at 7.12.1992 see <CitationSubRef id="c00446" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/section/70" SectionRef="section-70">s. 70</CitationSubRef> and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2043" id="c00447" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2043">S.I. 1992/2043</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00448" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2043/article/2/a" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00447" SectionRef="article-2-a">art. 2(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>