The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Admission of Community Licence Holders) Regulations 1999

Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988: Community licence holders

2.—(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5) below.

(2) In section 125–

(a) for subsection (3)(b) there shall be substituted–

“(b) he is the holder of–

(i) a current licence to drive a motor car (not being a provisional licence) granted under Part III of this Act,

(ii) a current licence to drive a motor car (not being a licence corresponding to a provisional licence) granted under the law in force in Northern Ireland, or

(iii) a Community licence by which he is authorised to drive a motor car in Great Britain and a counterpart of that licence,”;

(b) for subsection (3)(c)(ii), there shall be substituted–

“(ii) a current foreign licence, that is to say a document issued under the law of a country or territory other than an EEA State (within the meaning of Part III of this Act(1)), authorising the holder to drive a motor car in that country or territory.”;

(c) after subsection (9), there shall be inserted–

“(10) In this Part of this Act, “Community licence” and “counterpart”, in relation to a Community licence, have the same meanings as in Part III of this Act.”.

(3) In section 125A(8), in the definition of “disabled person’s limited driving licence”–

(a) in paragraph (a), the word “and” shall be omitted, and

(b) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted

“, and

(c) a Community licence authorising the driving of a motor car which is similarly limited by virtue of any corresponding provision of the law under which it was issued and a counterpart of that licence;”.

(4) In sections 128(2)(a) and 130(2)(a), for the word “neither” there shall be substituted “none”.

(5) In section 142, in the table, after the entry for “Appropriate motor car”, there shall be inserted–

““Community licence” and “counterpart” in relation thereto

Section 125(10)”.

(1)

See section 108(1), the relevant amendments being by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974).