SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16Police reform: minor and consequential amendments

Part 3Other enactments

Road Traffic Act 1988

I1192

The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.

I2193

In section 65A (motor cycles not to be sold without EC certificate of conformity), in subsection (5)(d), after “to a” insert “ local policing body or ”.

I3194

1

Section 67 (testing of condition of vehicles on roads) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

In subsection (4)—

a

in paragraph (e), omit “and”;

b

after paragraph (e) insert—

ea

a person appointed by a chief officer of police in England or Wales (other than the Commissioner of Police for the City of London) to act, under the directions of that chief officer, for the purposes of this section, and

c

in paragraph (f), after “police area” insert “ in Scotland, or by the Common Council of the City of London, ”.

3

In subsection (5), after “(d)” insert “ , (ea) ”.

I4195

In section 78 (weighing of motor vehicles), in subsection (8)(b), after “by a” (in the second place), insert “ local policing body or a ”.

I5196

In section 124 (exemption of police instructors from prohibition imposed by section 123), in subsection (2), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “police instructor”, for “a police authority” substitute “ a chief officer of police in England or Wales (other than the Commissioner of Police for the City of London), the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as police authority, or a police authority ”.

I6197

1

Section 144 (exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance or security) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

In subsection (2)(a), omit “(other than a police authority)”.

3

In subsection (2)(b)—

a

after “owned by” insert “ a local policing body or ”;

b

after “constable,” insert “ by a member of a police and crime commissioner's staff (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011), by a member of the staff of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a member of the civilian staff of a police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a member of the civilian staff of the metropolitan police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a person employed by the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority, ”.