Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1974

The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996

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1996 No. 1974

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996

Whereas both Houses of Parliament have approved a draft of this instrument, the Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated^[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^[2] in relation to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations—

    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996.

    (2)  These Regulations shall come into force—
 (a) as to—
 (i) paragraphs 2(5), 2(6), 2(8), 3(2), 17 and 35 of Schedule 1,
 (ii) paragraph 2 of Schedule 3, and
 (iii) so much of regulations 2 and 4 and the remainder of Schedules 1 and 3 as is necessary for to confer on the Secretary of State extended or modified powers to make such orders or regulations as are necessary for the purpose of complying with Council Directive 91/439/ EEC^[3] and for ancillary purposes,
on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made;
 (b) except as provided in sub-paragraph (a) above, on 1st January 1997.

    2.    The Road Traffic Act 1988^[4] shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

    3.    The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988^[5] shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

    4.    The Transport Act 1985^[6] shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

    5.    The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to these Regulations shall have effect with the amendments set out in that Schedule (being minor amendments consequential upon those set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations).

    6.    The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975^[7] shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport

22nd July 1996

[1] S.I. 1981/1536. back

[2] 1972 c. 68; by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) section 1(2) of this Act is amended to enable regulations to be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1994 (Cm 2183). back

[3] OJ No L237, 24.8.91, p.1. back

[4] 1988 c. 52. Relevant amendments are referred to where appropriate below. Amending statutes and instruments are referred to in the footnotes to these Regulations in the following manner: "the 1989 Act" means the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22); "the 1990 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144); "the 1991 Act" means the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40). back

[5] 1988 c. 53. Relevant amendments are referred to where appropriate below. back

[6] 1985 c. 67. Relevant amendments are referred to where appropriate below. back

[7] S.I. 1975/1208. Relevant amendments are referred to where appropriate below. back

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