Deregulation (Exchangeable Driving Licences) Order 1998
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1998/1917 |
| Year | 1998 |
1998 No. 1917
AGRICULTURE
The Deregulation (Exchangeable Driving Licences) Order 1998
Made 3rd August 1998
Coming into force 31th August 1998
Whereas:
(a) the Secretary of State is of the opinion that certain provisions of the Road Traffic Act 19981which are the subject of this Order constitute a burden affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending or repealing the provisions and by making certain other provision it is possible to remove or reduce the burden without removing any necessary protection;
(b) he has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;
(c) it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;
(d) a document setting out the Secretary of State’s proposals has been laid before Parliament as required by section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19942and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;
(e) the Secretary of State has had regard to the representations made during that period;
(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of those representations; and
(g) a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by on him by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Deregulation (Exchangeable Driving Licences) Order 1998 and shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.
2.—(1) Section 108 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows:
(2) In subsection (1), for the definition of “exchangeable licence” there shall be substituted—
““exchangeable licence” means a document authorising a person to drive a motor vehicle (not being a document mentioned in paragraph (b) of the definition of “Community licence”)—
(a) issued in respect of Gibraltar by an authority of Gibraltar,
(b) issued in respect of a country or territory which is designed without restriction by an order under subsection (2)(a) below by an...
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