Regulation 3

for the definition of “relevant conviction” there shall be substituted the following definition:—

““relevant conviction” means

(i)

any conviction mentioned in section 69(4) or any conviction of contravening any provision of the law of Northern Ireland or of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom corresponding to any such conviction, or

(ii)

any other conviction of an offence which is a serious offence as defined in paragraph 1(4) or a road transport offence as defined in paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 6,

not being in either case a spent conviction within the meaning of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974^f1;”

at the end of the definition of “the 1974 Council Directive” there shall be added the words “and, except in paragraph 7 of Schedule 6, as amended by Council Directive (EEC) No. 438/89 of 21st June 1989^f2”; and

at the end of the definition of “the 1977 Council Directive” there shall be added the words “as amended by Council Directive (EEC) No. 438/89 of 21st June 1989”.