Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1989 c. 22
Year1989
(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;
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apply both to the licensing of the drivers of large goods vehicles and to the licensing of the drivers of passenger-carrying vehicles (as there defined) ; andre-enact and assimilate certain of the provisions of Part IV of the 1988 Act (as originally enacted) and of section 22 of the 1981 Act to take account of the abolition by section 1 above of special licences to drive heavy goods vehicles and public service vehicles and the granting after the appointed day of licences to drive such vehicles under Part III of the 1988 Act.(2) After section 99(1) of the 1988 Act (duration of licences) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
  • “(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,
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, orwhere 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,except in a case falling within paragraph (d) of this subsection, where the applicant’s age at that date will exceed sixty-five years, for a period of one year,except in a case falling within paragraph (b) or (d) of this subsection, if the Secretary of State so determines in the case of a licence to be granted to a person appearing to him to be suffering from a relevant or prospective disability, for such period of not more than three years and not less than one year as the Secretary of State may determine, andin the case of a licence granted in exchange for a subsisting licence and in pursuance of an application requesting a licence for the period authorised by this paragraph, for a period equal to the remainder of that for which the subsisting licence was granted,(1) Section 88 of the 1988 Act (exceptions to prohibition on driving without a licence) shall be amended as follows.(2) In subsection (1) (conditions of the exception) , for paragraphs (a) and (b)

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