Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1038
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008
Made
1st April 2008
Laid before Parliament
8th April 2008
Coming into force
16th May 2008
The Secretary of State for Transport makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 97(1) and 105(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 with the approval of the Treasury( 3 ).
The Secretary of State for Transport has consulted with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 16 th May 2008.
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999
2.The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999( 4 ) are amended in accordance with regulation 3.
3. In the table of driving licence fees in Part 1 of Schedule 3 after the entry numbered 11 insert a new entry, and in respect of that new entry—
(a) in the column headed “No.” insert “12”;
(b) in the column headed “Description of licence and circumstances of application” insert “A photocard licence granted in exchange for a photocard licence which has been surrendered in pursuance of section 99(2A) of the Traffic Act( 5 )”; and
(c) in the column headed “Fee payable” insert “£17.50”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
27th March 2008
We approve the making of these Regulations
Frank Roy
Alan Campbell
Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
1st April 2008
1988 c.52 (in these footnotes the “1988 Act”); see section 108(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 97(1) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c.22) , sections 6, 7 and 16, Schedule 3, paragraph 9, and Schedule 6; by the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 (c.13) , section 10 and Schedule 2, paragraph 2; by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. 1996/1974 ), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 6; and by the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c.32) , sections 78 and 91 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 21. Section 105(4) was amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. 1998/1420 ) (in these footnotes the “1998 Regulations”), regulations 2 and 10.
S.I. 2003/2994 , amended by S.I. 2008/908 .
As required by section 105(4) of the 1988 Act.
S.I. 1999/2864 (in these footnotes the “1999 Regulations”); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2004/265 , S.I. 2007/698 and S.I. 2008/508 .
i.e. the 1988 Act in accordance with the definition of “Traffic Act” in regulation 3 of the 1999 Regulations. Section 99(2A) was inserted by the 1998 Regulations, regulations 2 and 8.