Regulation 2 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg.2(1) (defns. of driving ability and fitness test, examination, instructional ability and fitness test and written examination) applied by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1996 reg.3(2)(b)
reg.2(1) (defn, of continued ability and fitness test) substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1996 reg.3(2)(a)
reg.2(1) (defn. of approved driving instructor) added by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1998 reg.3(a)
reg.2(1) (defn. of continued ability and fitness test) amended by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1998 reg.3(b)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1996 reg. 3(2)(a)

(1)

In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;
“continued ability and fitness test” means the test of continued ability and fitness to give instruction in the driving of motor cars referred to in section 125(5) of the Act and the nature of which is prescribed in regulation 8;
“driving ability and fitness test” means the practical test of ability and fitness to drive referred to in section 125(3)(a) of the Act and the nature of which is prescribed in regulation 5;
“examination” means the examination of ability to give instruction in the driving of motor cars referred to in section 125(3)(a) of the Act;
“examiner”, in relation to part of the examination or the continued ability and fitness test, means an officer of the Secretary of State appointed to conduct that part of the examination or that test;
“instructional ability and fitness test” means the practical test of ability and fitness to give instruction in the driving of motor cars referred to in section 125(3)(a) of the Act and the nature of which is prescribed in regulation 6 of these Regulations;
“licence” means a licence to give driving instruction granted under section 129 of the Act;
“the register” has the meaning given by section 123(1)(a) of the Act;
“the Registrar” means the officer of the Secretary of State by whom the register is, on behalf of the Secretary of State, compiled and maintained; and
“written examination” means the written examination referred to in section 125(3)(a) of the Act and the nature of which is prescribed in regulation 4 of these Regulations.

(2)

In these regulations a reference to a part of the examination is a reference to one of the 3 parts of the examination set out in regulation 3(2).