The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998

Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988

7.—(1) Section 98 (form of licence)(1), is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) A licence shall be in the form of a photocard of a description specified by the Secretary of State or such other form as he may specify and—

(a) the licence shall state whether, apart from subsection (2) below, it authorises its holder to drive motor vehicles of all classes or of certain classes only and, in the latter case, specify those classes,

(b) the licence shall specify (in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine) the restrictions on the driving of vehicles of any class in pursuance of the licence to which its holder is subject by virtue of section 101 of this Act and any conditions on the driving of vehicles of any class in pursuance of the licence to which its holder is subject by virtue of section 92(7ZA) of this Act, and

(c) in the case of a provisional licence, the licence or its counterpart shall specify (in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine) the conditions subject to which it is granted.

(1A) The Secretary of State may specify different descriptions of photocards, and different forms of licences not in the form of a photocard, for different cases and may determine the form of licence to be granted in any case.”.

(3) In subsection (3)(c) (limits on provisional entitlement under full licence), after “motor bicycle” insert “or moped”.

(1)

The relevant amendments are by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 11, by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144, in these footnotes referred to as “the 1990 Regulations”) and by the 1996 Regulations.