Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1229

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1998

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" Signatures on licences
     18. In order that a licence may show the usual form of signature of its holder - 


(a) where the licensing authority so requires, a person applying for a licence shall provide the licensing authority with a specimen of his signature which can be electronically recorded and reproduced on the licence;

(b) where no such requirement is made, a person to whom a licence is granted shall forthwith sign it in ink in the space provided.".

    (3) For Schedule 3 (licence fees) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in the Schedule hereto.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions


Helene Hayman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions We approve the making of these Regulations

11th May 1998


Graham Allen

Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

14th May 1998

" LICENCE FEES

PART 1
TABLE OF FEES


Description of Licence and circumstances of application	Fee payable
1. A first licence.	£21
2. A provisional licence granted following the revocation of a licence under the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995[4].	£21
3. A full licence granted in exchange for a full Northern Ireland licence or to a person who has held a full Northern Ireland licence which was granted on or after 1st January 1976.	£11
4. A provisional licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category A except -  (a) a first licence, (b) a licence granted following the revocation of a licence under section 93(1) or (2) of the Traffic Act[5] or the delivery of a Community licence to the Secretary of State under section 99C(1), (2) or (3) of the Traffic Act, or (c) a licence falling within paragraph 8, 12 or 13.	£11
5. A licence which is the applicant's first full Group 1 licence, first full licence authorising the driving of vehicles in category C or first full licence authorising the driving of vehicles in category D.	£6
6. A licence granted in exchange for a licence still in force or in place of a licence which has been revoked or a Community licence which is required to be delivered to the Secretary of State, except -  (a) a licence granted pursuant to section 118(4) of the Traffic Act, (b) a licence granted following the revocation of a licence under section 93(1) of the Traffic Act or the delivery of a Community licence to the Secretary of State under section 99C(1) or (3) of the Traffic Act, (c) a licence which the licensing authority is required to grant free of charge under section 93(2), 99(7) or 99C(2) of the Traffic Act, (d) a short Group 2 licence, or (e) a licence falling within any other paragraph of this Part.	£11
7. A Group 1 licence granted upon the expiry of a previous Group 1 licence, except -  (a) a licence falling within paragraph 4, or (b) a licence granted under section 99(1)(b) of the Traffic Act.	£6
8. A licence granted by way of replacement of a lost or defaced licence.	£11
9. A provisional licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category C.	£21
10. A provisional licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category D.	£21
11. A full Group 2 licence granted upon the expiry of a previous full Group 2 licence, other than a licence granted under section 99(1)(b) or (1A)(c) of the Traffic Act.	£26
12. A licence, other than a short Group 2 licence, granted upon the expiry of a period of disqualification ordered by a court under section 34 or 35 of the Offenders Act - (a) in the circumstances prescribed under section 94(4) of the Traffic Act irrespective of the date when the court order was made;	£26
(b) otherwise than in those circumstances.	£17
13. A provisional licence, other than a first licence, granted following disqualification ordered by a court under section 36 of the Offenders Act[6], whether or not the court also made an order under section 34 or 35 of that Act - (a) in the circumstances prescribed under section 94(4) of the Traffic Act irrespective of the date when the court order was made;	£26
(b) otherwise than in those circumstances.	£17
14. A provisional Group 2 licence granted first to a person who has been ordered to take a driving test under section 117 or 117A of the Traffic Act.	£17




PART 2
INTERPRETATION
In Part 1 of this Schedule - 


"first licence" means a licence (other than a licence falling within paragraph 3 of the Table in Part 1) granted to a person - 
(a) who has not held a licence before,

(b) whose last licence was a full licence which expired before 31st December 1978, or

(c) whose last licence was a provisional licence which was granted before 1st October 1982;


"short Group 2 licence" means a Group 2 licence which, when granted upon the expiry of a period of disqualification, must (by virtue of the expiry date of the licence which was revoked upon disqualification) expire not later than 3 months after the date it is granted,

and "Group 1 licence" and "Group 2 licence" have the meanings respectively given in regulation 65.".

[2] See section 105(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.back

[3] 1996/2824, to which there have been no amendments relevant hereto.back

[4] 1995 c.13.back

[5] I.e. the Road Traffic Act 1988.back

[6] I.e. the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.back