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Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989

11E+W+SIn section 98 of the 1988 Act (form of licence and provisional entitlement)—

(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(b)in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) there shall be substituted—

“(a)a provisional licence, or

(b)any other prescribed description of licence)”;

(c)in subsection (3)—

(i)in paragraph (b), for the words “motor cycle” there shall be substituted the words “ motor bicycle without a side-car ”, and

(ii)after paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the words “; or

(c)unless he has passed a test of competence to drive, a motor bicycle on a road in circumstances in which, by virtue of section 97(3)(e) of this Act, a provisional licence would not authorise him to drive it before he had passed that test.”; and

(d)in subsection (4), after the words “In such cases” there shall be inserted the words “ or as respects such classes of vehicles ”.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 3 para. 11(a) repealed by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(3), 3, Sch. 3 para. 3(3)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 11 wholly in force at 1.4.1991; para. 11 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 17(2); para. 11(b) in force at 1.6.1990 by S.I. 1990/802; para. 11(c) in force at 1.12.1990 by S.I. 1990/2228; para. 11 in force at 1.4.1991 so far as not already in force by S.I. 1990/2610, art. 2, Sch.