Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993

6 (1) Section 128 of the principal Act (removal of names from register) shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph. E+W+S

(2) In subsection (1), for the word “following” there shall be substituted the word “ relevant ”.

(3) In subsection (2), for the words “Those conditions are” there shall be substituted the words “ Except in the case of a registered disabled instructor, the relevant conditions are ”.

(4) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) In the case of a registered disabled instructor, the relevant conditions are—

(a) that he did not hold a current emergency control certificate,

(b) that he did not hold a current disabled person’s limited driving licence,

(c) that he was disqualified under section 34 or 36 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part III of this Act,

(d) that he refused to undergo any such assessment as is mentioned in section 125B(6)(a) of this Act,

(e) that he refused to undergo, or failed to pass, any such test as is mentioned in section 125B(6)(b) of this Act,

(f) that he ceased, apart from fulfilment of the preceding conditions, to be a fit and proper person to have his name included in the register as that of a disabled instructor.”

(5) After subsection (8) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(9) Where a person whose name was entered in the register as that of a disabled instructor and whose name has been removed from the register under this section applies under subsection (1) of section 125A of this Act for his name to be entered again in the register as that of a disabled instructor and either—

(a) the application is made after the end of the period of one year beginning with the date on which his name was removed, or

(b) his name was removed on the ground that he has failed to pass such a test as is mentioned in section 125B(6)(b) of this Act,

the Registrar shall not regard the condition mentioned in section 125A(6)(a) of this Act as fulfilled unless he is satisfied that that person has again passed the examination mentioned in the said section 125A(6)(a) since the date on which his name was removed from the register.”