Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
2021 No. 0000
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(3)1, 97(3)2, 98(4)3, and 105(1), (2)(a)4, (ee)5 and (f)6, and (3) of the Road Traffic Act 19887 (“the 1988 Act”).
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act.
The Secretary of State is of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, paragraph 14(2) to (5) of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 20188 (“the Withdrawal Act”) should not apply.
In accordance with paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 8 to the Withdrawal Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.
2
These Regulations come into force on 15th November 2021.
3
These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999
2
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 19999 are amended as follows.
3
In regulation 7 (competence to drive classes of vehicle: special cases), omit paragraph (7).
4
In regulation 11 (eligibility to apply for provisional licence), in the table, omit the entry “B + E” in column (1) and the corresponding entry in column (2).
5
In regulation 16 (conditions attached to provisional licences), in paragraph (5), omit “B + E,”.
6
In regulation 19 (full licences and provisional entitlement)—
a
in paragraph (11), omit “B + E,”; and
b
in the table, for the entry in column (2) (provisional entitlement included) corresponding to category “B” in column (1) (full licence held), omit “B + E,”.
7
In Schedule 2 (categories and sub-categories of vehicle for licensing purposes), in Part 1, in the table, for the entry in column (3) (additional categories and sub-categories) corresponding to category “B” in column (1) (category or sub-category of licence applied for), after “AM,” insert “B + E,”.
Review8
1
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of the regulatory provisions contained in these Regulations; and
b
publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
2
The first report must be published before the end of the period of three years beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force.
3
Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
4
Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 201510 requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular—
a
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a);
b
assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;
c
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate;
d
if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
5
In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)