The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 508

Road Traffic

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made

25th February 2008

Laid before Parliament

27th February 2008

Coming into force

for all regulations other than regulations 7(a) and (b) and 12

1st April 2008

for the purposes of regulations 7(a) and (b) and 12

29th September 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(3), (4) and (5), 97(1) and 105(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1)and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2) and the Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) Order 2003(3) and with the approval of the Treasury(4).

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

(1)

1988 c.52 (in these footnotes the “1988 Act”); see section 108(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 89(3) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40) (in these footnotes the “1991 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 63; and by the Road Safety Act 2006 (c.49) (in these footnotes the “2006 Act”), section 36. Section 89(4) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c.22) (in these footnotes the “1989 Act”), section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 8; by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974) (in these footnotes the “1996 Regulations”), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2; and by the 2006 Act, section 36; Section 89(5) was amended by the 2006 Act, section 36. Section 97(1) was amended by 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 ) (in these footnotes the “2003 Act”), sections 78 and 91 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 21. 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) (in these footnotes the “1990 Regulations”), 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) (in these footnotes 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. Section 105(4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations, regulations 2 and 10.

(2)

S.I. 1988/643; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1684 and S.I. 1996/1961.

(3)

S.I. 2003/2994.

(4)

As required by section 105(4) of the 1988 Act.