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  "long_title": "Sections 1(1) and 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 brought into force by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1990 (No. 2610 (c. 70)) on 1st April 1991 abolish the requirement for special licences for drivers of lorries and buses as heavy goods vehicles under Part IV of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and public service vehicles under section 22 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14) as an addition to the requirement for ordinary driving licences under Part III of the 1988 Act. They replace this by a unified system of licensing of such vehicles under Part III of the 1988 Act as large goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles supplemented by a new Part IV of the 1988 Act set out in Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act. With the repeal of the said Part IV and sections 22 to 23A of the 1981 Act and the other provisions of that Act relating to the licensing of drivers of public service vehicles by section 16 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1989 Act (brought into force by that Order on that date) the Heavy Goods Vehicles (Drivers' Licences) Regulations 1977 (No. 1309) as amended (except regulation 26 concerning service personnel which is revoked by the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations 1990 (No. 2612)) and the Public Service Vehicles (Drivers' Licences) Regulations 1985 (No. 214) as amended(except the provisions for badges to be worn by drivers of public service vehicles which are also revoked by the 1990 Regulations) cease to have effect.",
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