Paragraph 2

(1)

Section 97 (grant of licences) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

in paragraph (d)^f1 the words from “in accordance” to “applies for” become sub-paragraph (i);

(b)

omit “and” after that sub-paragraph and insert—

“or

(ii)
subject to a current disqualification under the law of an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom) which relates to vehicles of the class, or of a class corresponding to the class, to which the application relates and was imposed while the person was the holder of a licence granted under the law of that State; and”;

(c)

the words from “is not prevented” to the end become paragraph (e); and

(d)

in that paragraph (e), for “it” substitute “the licence”.

(3)

Subsections (3)(d), (5) and (6) are omitted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 97(1)(d) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c.22) (“the 1989 Act”), Schedule 3, paragraph 9; the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 (c.13), Schedule 2, paragraph 2 and the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c.32), Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 21.