Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
18th June 2004
Laid before Parliament
28th June 2004
Coming into force
26th July 2004
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 101(2) to (4), 105(1) to (3), 114(1) and 120 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1), and after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 26th July 2004.
2.—(1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 54(5)—
(a)in the definition of “registered” for “Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council” substitute “Skills for Logistics Council”; and
(b)for the definition of “the Training Scheme” substitute—
““the Training Scheme” means the Young Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) Driver Training Scheme which was established by Skills for Logistics and approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of regulations under section 101(2) of the Traffic Act on 24 February 2004 for training young drivers of large goods vehicles.”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
18th June 2004
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the definitions in regulation 54(5) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 in consequence of the new Young LGV Drivers Training Scheme approved by the Secretary of State on 24 February 2004. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.
1988 c. 52. The table in section 101(1) was substituted and sections 105 and 144 were amended, by S.I. 1996/1974 regulation 2 and paragraphs 15, 17 and 22 of Schedule 1. Section 105 was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22) section 7 and Schedule 3, the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) section 83 and Schedule 8, S.I. 1990/144 regulation 2(1) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 and S.I. 1998/1420 regulations 2, 10, 17 and the Schedule. Sections 114 and 120 were substituted by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 sections 1, 2 and 16 and Schedules 2 and 6.