The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1997

9.—(1) Regulation 44 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1) there shall be substituted—

“(1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether a candidate has demonstrated a knowledge and sound understanding of the specified matters in accordance with these Regulations the person conducting a theory test shall arrange for the test paper returned by that candidate to be marked—

(a) in a case where a pass certificate or failure statement is required to be furnished on the day of the test, on that day, and

(b) in any other case, as soon as practicable after completion of the test.”.

(3) In paragraph (4), for the words “it was sent” there shall be substituted “it is furnished”.

(4) In paragraph (5), for the words “issued in error” there shall be substituted “furnished in error or with an error in the particulars required to be specified in it”.

(5) For paragraph (7) there shall be substituted—

“(7) A pass certificate is not valid for the purposes of regulation 34(3) if—

(a) it is furnished in error or with an error in the particulars required to be specified in it; or

(b) the person to whom it is furnished is at that time ineligible, by virtue of an enactment contained in the Traffic Act or these Regulations, to take the test to which the certificate relates.”.