The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1996 No. 1997

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1996 No. 1997

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1996

Made

23rd July 1996

Laid before Parliament

6th August 1996

Coming into force

9th September 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 97(3)(1), 105, and 108(1)(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 9th September 1996.

2. Regulation 9(6) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987(3) shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.

3.-(1) The definition of "leg disability" shall be omitted.

(2) For the definition of "qualified driver" there shall be substituted-

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

23rd July 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations further amend regulation 9(6) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987 by providing that, subject to one special condition, any person with a disability may be a "qualified driver" for the purpose of supervising a learner driver in a motor car. The special condition (in addition to general conditions as to age and experience) is that he must be able to take control of the braking and steering of the car in an emergency.

This provision replaces the previous regulation, which permitted only persons suffering from leg disabilities to act as supervisors (whether or not they could take control in an emergency).

(1)

Section 97(3) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22), section 6(2) and Schedule 3, paragraph 10.

(2)

See the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations".

(3)

S.I. 1987/1378. The relevant amendments are by S.I. 1990/842 and 1990/1396.


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