The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
S.I. 2009/2362 · Made 31 August 2009
Road Traffic
Made 31st August 2009
Laid before Parliament 3rd September 2009
Coming into force 28th September 2009
The Secretary of State for Transport has consulted with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act.
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Footnotes
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Section 89(3) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 63 and by the Road Safety Act 2006 (c.49), section 36.
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Contents
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 28th September 2009.
2Amendment of Regulations
In regulation 40B (content of the tests) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999f1 in paragraph (1)(a) omit “consisting of 50 questions, the questions being in either multiple choice or multiple response form and”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
31st August 2009
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 in relation to the content of the driving theory test for cars, motorcycles and mopeds by removing the requirement for that test to consist of 50 questions in multiple choice or multiple response form.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.