# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997, Regulation 31


(1) Regulation 47 (Traffic Act Part IV: prescribed classes of goods and passenger-carrying vehicle) shall be amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—
“(2) Part IV of the Traffic Act and regulations 51 to 54 shall not apply to a passenger-carrying vehicle manufactured more than 30 years before the date when it is driven and not used for hire or reward or for the carriage of more than 8 passengers.
(2A) Part IV of the Traffic Act and regulations 51 to 54 shall not apply to a passenger-carrying vehicle when it is being driven by a constable for the purpose of removing or avoiding obstruction to other road users or other members of the public, for the purpose of protecting life or property (including the passenger-carrying vehicle and its passengers) or for other similar purposes.”.
(3) In paragraph (3), after “117(7)”, there shall be inserted “and 117A(6)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/669/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/regulation-31
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