{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-5-regulations-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-5-regulations-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2915",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-5-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 8th December 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th December 1997\nComing into force 1st January 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(7), 92(2), 101(2) and (3), 105 and 108(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 92(2) was amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 105(2) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22), Schedule 3, paragraph 14, the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144) and by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2915/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}