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Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989
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9Requirement for licence to operate driver information system
(1)Except as provided under subsection (2) below, no person shall operate a driver information system in relation to public roads in England or Wales or Scotland unless he is authorised to do so by a licence granted to him by the Secretary of State.
(2)The Secretary of State may, by order, direct that this Part of this Act shall not apply to any description of driver information system specified in the order; and the description of a system may be framed by reference to any of its characteristics, its effects or any other circumstances.
(3)Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to section 1(1) of the [1949 c. 54.] Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and section 5(1) of the [1984 c. 12.] Telecommunications Act 1984 (under which it is an offence to use any station or apparatus for wireless telegraphy or to run a telecommunications system without a licence under that Act).
(4)Any person who operates a driver information system in contravention of this section commits an offence.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
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