Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the New Drivers (Appeals Procedure) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995;

• “appellate court” means—

  1. (a)

     in England and Wales, the Crown Court, the High Court or the Court of Appeal, as the case may be;

  2. (b)

     in Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary;

• “relevant appeal” means an appeal against—

  1. (a)

     a conviction, or

  2. (b)

     an order of a court in England and Wales for the endorsement of a licence or a sentence passed by a court in Scotland which includes an order for the endorsement of a licence,

  which is, or forms part of, the basis for the revocation of the licence or a test certificate.