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Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989
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1 Abolition of special licences for driving HGVs and PSVs.E+W+S
(1)On the appointed day Part IV of the M1Road Traffic Act 1988 and section 22 of the M2Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (which require special driving licences to be held for driving heavy goods vehicles and public service vehicles) shall cease to have effect but the repeal of those provisions does not imply that it is lawful for a person to drive a heavy goods vehicle or a public service vehicle of any class on or after that day on the authority of an existing licence under Part III of the 1988 Act (ordinary licences) and, for the purposes of section 87 of that Act (offence of driving without Part III licence), his licence shall not be taken to authorise him to drive vehicles of those classes.
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(7)In this Part of this Act—
“the appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of this section;
“existing”, in relation to a licence, means in force immediately before the appointed day;
“traffic area” means a traffic area constituted for the purposes of the 1981 Act;
“traffic commissioner” means a traffic commissioner appointed for the purposes of the 1981 Act;
“the 1981 Act” means the M3Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
“the 1988 Act” means the M4Road Traffic Act 1988;
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F1S. 1(2)-(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
F2Words in s. 1(7) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
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I1S. 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991; S. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 17(2); s. 1(7) in force for certain purposes at 1.6.1990 by S.I. 1990/802; S. 1 in force so far as not already in force at 1.4.1991 by S.I. 1990/2610
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