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(1)In section 92 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (physical fitness of drivers) at the end there shall be added—
“(10)A person who holds a licence authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of any class and who drives a motor vehicle of that class on a road is guilty of an offence if the declaration included in accordance with subsection (1) above in the application on which the licence was granted was one which he knew to be false.”
(2)In section 94 of that Act (provision of information about disabilities) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)A person who holds a licence authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of any class and who drives a motor vehicle of that class on a road is guilty of an offence if at any earlier time while the licence was in force he was required by subsection (1) above to notify the Secretary of State but has failed without reasonable excuse to do so.”
(3)After section 94 of that Act there shall be inserted—
(1)A person who drives a motor vehicle of any class on a road otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of that class is guilty of an offence if—
(a)at any earlier time the Secretary of State has in accordance with section 92(3) of this Act refused to grant such a licence, or has under section 93(1) or (2) revoked such a licence, and
(b)he has not since that earlier time held such a licence.
(2)Section 88 of this Act shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as it applies in relation to section 87.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 18 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
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