Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | 1989 c. 22 |
Year | 1989 |
(1) On the appointed day Part IV of the (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(7) In this Part of this Act—
- “the appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of this section;
- “existing”, in relation to a licence, means in force immediately before the appointed day;
- “traffic area” means a traffic area constituted for the purposes of the 1981 Act;
- “traffic commissioner” means a traffic commissioner appointed for the purposes of the 1981 Act;
- “the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
- “the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;
- “(1A) In so far as a licence authorises its holder to drive any prescribed class of goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle, it shall, unless previously revoked, suspended or surrendered, remain in force—
- (a) except in a case falling within paragraph (c) or (d) of this subsection—
- (i) for the period ending on the forty-fifth anniversary of the applicant’s date of birth or for a period of five years, whichever is the longer, or
- (ii) where the applicant’s age at the date on which the licence is to come into force will exceed forty-five but not sixty-five years, for the period ending on the sixty-sixth anniversary of the applicant’s date of birth or for a period of five years, whichever is the shorter,
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