Regulation 8 Amendment of the Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 1989

Regulation 9(2) shall be amended as follows.

Sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (ii) and (d)(ii) shall be omitted.

In sub-paragraph (c), for “made” there shall be substituted “makes”.

After paragraph (d), there shall be inserted—

“(e)

except in the case of an application for a substitute licence, that he has received within the period of 12 months ending on the date of his application for a licence not less than 40 hours' training in the giving of practical driving instruction from an approved driving instructor, including training in all the matters specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(f)

in the case of an application to which sub-paragraph (e) above applies, that he delivers with his application evidence, in the form specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, that he has received the training specified in that sub-paragraph;

(g)

that he submits with his application for a licence—

(i)

the name, address and registration number of the approved driving instructor who has consented to take responsibility either for his supervision in accordance with regulation 11(2) below or, as the case may be, the provision of supplementary training in accordance with regulation 11(3) to (5) (and the counter-signature of the application by that approved driving instructor shall be taken as sufficient evidence of such consent), and

(ii)

the address from which he will be providing paid driving instruction if different from the address of the approved driving instructor referred to in paragraph (i) above;

(h)

that the Registrar is satisified that the approved driving instructor referred to in sub-paragraph (g)(i) above is fit and able to undertake responsibility for the supervision or, as the case may be, the training of that person in accordance with regulation 11 below (and in determining whether or not he is able to undertake that responsibility the Registrar shall have regard to the number of licence holders in respect of whom he has already consented to undertake similar responsibility).”.

After paragrah (3) there shall be inserted—

“(4)

In this Part of these Regulations, “substitute licence” means a licence granted pursuant to an application made in accordance with section 129(6) of the Act (so as to come into effect immediately upon the expiry of a previous licence).”.