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Valid from 01/05/2002
(1)Regulations under section 99ZA of this Act may provide that persons who have not successfully completed a driver training course—
(a)may not take a test of competence to drive motor vehicles of a prescribed class (or a prescribed part of such a test),
(b)are not authorised to drive motor vehicles of a prescribed class (before having passed a test of competence to drive them) by a provisional licence (or by section 98(2) or 99A(5) of this Act),
(c)are not granted a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a prescribed class by virtue of regulations under section 89(6)(b) or (c) of this Act, or
(d)are not authorised to drive motor vehicles of a prescribed class in prescribed circumstances (despite having passed a test of competence to drive them).
(2)But a person is exempt from provision made by virtue of subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) above if he is undergoing training on a driver training course and is driving a motor vehicle as part of the training.
(3)And regulations under section 99ZA of this Act may include provision exempting persons from any provision made by virtue of subsection (1) above in other circumstances; and regulations including such provision may (in particular)—
(a)limit an exemption to persons in prescribed circumstances,
(b)limit an exemption to a prescribed period or in respect of driving in a prescribed area,
(c)attach conditions to an exemption, and
(d)regulate applications for an exemption.
(4)Regulations under section 99ZA of this Act may include provision for the evidencing by a person of his being within—
(a)the exemption specified in subsection (2) above, or
(b)any exemption provided by virtue of subsection (3) above.
(5)Regulations under section 99ZA of this Act may provide that a driver training course is not to be taken into account for the purposes of the regulations if it was completed before such time as is prescribed.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 99ZA-99ZC and cross-heading inserted (1.5.2002) by 2000 c. 38, s. 257; S.I. 2002/1014, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II
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