The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 788

Road Traffic

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made

24th March 2009

Laid before Parliament

27th March 2009

Coming into force

For all purposes other than regulation 28

30th March 2009

For the purpose of regulation 28

6th April 2009

The Secretary of State for Transport makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(3)(1), (4)(2) and (5)(3), 91(b)(4), 97(1)(5), 99(7ZA)(6) and 105(1), (2)(a), (e) and (ea)(7), (3) and (4)(8) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(9) and, in the case of regulations 9, 13(e) and (f), 28 and 29, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 105(4) of the 1988 Act.

The Secretary of State for Transport has consulted with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act.

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercising the powers conferred by section 89(4)(b) of the 1988 Act, has taken into account the functions and matters specified in respect of that section in the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(10) and, in exercising the powers conferred by sections 97(1)(a), 99(7ZA) and 105(2)(e) has taken into account the functions and matters specified in respect of those sections in the Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) Order 2003(11).

(1)

Section 89(3) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 63 and by the Road Safety Act 2006 (c.49) (“the 2006 Act”), section 36.

(2)

Section 89(4) was amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974) (“the 1996 Regulations”), Schedule 1, and by the 2006 Act, section 36.

(3)

Section 89(5) was amended by the 2006 Act, section 36 and Schedule 7.

(4)

Section 91 was amended by the 2006 Act, section 36.

(5)

Section 97(1) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c.22) (“the 1989 Act”), sections 6, 7 and 16, Schedule 3 paragraph 9 and Schedule 6; by the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 (c.13), section 10 and Schedule 2, paragraph 2; by the 1996 Regulations, regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 6 and by the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c.32) (“the 2003 Act”), sections 78 and 91 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 21.

(6)

Section 99(7ZA) was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 40.

(7)

Section 105(2) was amended by the 1989 Act, section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 14; by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 6; by the 1991 Act, section 83 and Schedule 8; by the 1996 Regulations, regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 17; by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420) (“the 1998 Regulations”), regulations 2, 10, and 17 and the Schedule and by the 2003 Act, section 91 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 23.

(8)

Section 105(4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations, regulations 2 and 10.

(9)

1988 c.52.

(10)

S.I. 1988/643; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/1684. The functions and matters are specified in columns (2) and (3) of item 5 in Table III (Road Traffic Act) of Schedule 1and in Schedule 2 to the Order.

(11)

S.I. 2003/2994, amended by S.I. 2008/908. The functions and matters are specified in articles 2 and 3 respectively of the Order.