Regulation 2

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996^f1 shall be amended as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

For regulation 18 there shall be substituted—

“Signatures on licences

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In order that a licence may show the usual form of signature of its holder—

(a)

where the licensing authority so requires, a person applying for a licence shall provide the licensing authority with a specimen of his signature which can be electronically recorded and reproduced on the licence;

(b)

where no such requirement is made, a person to whom a licence is granted shall forthwith sign it in ink in the space provided.”.

For Schedule 3 (licence fees) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in the Schedule hereto.