3.—(1) Section 92 (requirements as to physical fitness of drivers) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2), in the definition of “disability”, after “disease” there shall be inserted “and the persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol, whether or not such misuse amounts to dependency”.
(3) In subsection (6), in paragraph (a) for “who took the test” there shall be substituted “on whom the notice is served”.
(4) In subsection (7)(1), for the words from “any licence” to “test shall be” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State may grant to the person on whom the notice is served a licence”.
(5) After subsection (7C)(2) there shall be inserted—
“(7D) In subsection (7B) above the references to section 94 of this Act include references to that section as applied by section 99D of this Act.”
Amended by section 5(3) of the 1989 Act.
Subsections (7A) to (7C) were inserted by section 5(4) of the 1989 Act.