Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1013
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2013
Made
26th April 2013
Laid before Parliament
2nd May 2013
Coming into force
1st June 2013
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94(4) and 105(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 the Secretary of State has consulted with representative organisations.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st June 2013.
Amendment of regulation 74 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999: High Risk Offenders
2. —(1)Regulation 74 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999( 2 ) (disabilities requiring medical investigation: High Risk Offenders) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 74—
(a) at the end of paragraph (1)(b) omit “or”;
(b) after paragraph (1)(b) insert–
“ (bb) has been disqualified by order of a court by reason of failure, without reasonable excuse, to give permission for a laboratory test of a specimen of blood taken pursuant to section 7A of the Traffic Act; or ” .
(3) After paragraph (2) of regulation 74 insert–
“ (3) For the purposes of paragraph 1(bb) a court order shall not be taken into account unless it was made on or after 1st June 2013. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Stephen Hammond
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
26th April 2013
1988 c.52 ; section 94(4) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22) , section 5(7). For the definition of “prescribed” see sections 108(1) and 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and for the definition of “regulations” see section 108(1) of that Act.
SI 1999/2864 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.