# The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 2005 (“the principal Regulations”).
Regulation 3 amends the principal Regulations so that a candidate for a written examination, driving ability and fitness test, or instructional ability and fitness test is no longer permitted to give evidence of proof of his or her identity by producing a cheque guarantee or credit card bearing his or her photograph and signature. The only permitted forms of identification in all cases are (a) a photocard licence and its counterpart or (b) a licence in a form other than a photocard and a current passport. For the instructional ability and fitness test a candidate may alternatively provide a licence in a form other than a photocard and a licence issued under section 129(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Regulations 4 and 5 amend the principal Regulations so as to require a candidate for a driving ability and fitness test, the instructional ability and fitness test or the practical part of the continued ability and fitness test to allow a person authorised by the Secretary of State to travel in the motor car provided for the test for the purpose of supervising the test or otherwise.
These Regulations are made in conjunction with the Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 2006. A combined full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that these amendments will have on the costs of business is available from the Driving Standards Agency, Stanley House, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5GU. The regulatory impact assessment may also be accessed on the Office of Public Information website www.opsi.gov.uk and on the Driving Standards Agency’s web-site at www.dsa.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/525/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-amendment-regulations-2006/note
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