Part IV Miscellaneous and General
97AF1Meaning of “driving record”
1
In this Act “driving record”, in relation to a person, means a record in relation to the person maintained by the Secretary of State and designed to be endorsed with particulars relating to offences committed by the person under the Traffic Acts.
2
The Secretary of State may make arrangements for the following persons to have access, by such means as the Secretary of State may determine, to information held on a person's driving record—
a
courts,
b
constables,
c
fixed penalty clerks,
d
the person in respect of whom the record is maintained and persons authorised by him, and
e
other persons prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
3
The power to make regulations under subsection (2)(e) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
4
No regulations shall be made under subsection (2)(e) above unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.