The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 265

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Made

5th February 2004

Laid before Parliament

6th February 2004

Coming into force

1st March 2004

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 97(1), 105(1), (2), (3) and (4), and 120(1) and (4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) and by virtue of the Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) Order 2003(2), and after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, and with the approval of the Treasury(3), hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

1988 c. 52; see section 108 for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”. The relevant amendments to section 97(1) were made by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22), sections 7 and 16 and Schedule 3, paragraphs 6 and 9(b) and (d); to section 105(2) by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974; the “1996 Regulations”); and to section 105(4) by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licences) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420). Part IV of the Road Traffic Act 1988, including section 120, was substituted by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22), sections 2(1) and 16 and Schedules 2 and 6.

(2)

S.I. 2003/2994.

(3)

As required by section 105(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.