The Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/2228 · Made 8 November 1990
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made 8th November 1990
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 17(2) of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989f1, and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:
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Footnotes
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Contents
- 1Article 1
- 2Article 2
- Signature
- Schedule PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS) ACT 1989 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st DECEMBER 1990
- Explanatory note
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1990.
2
The provisions of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st December 1990.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
8th November 1990
PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS) ACT 1989 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st DECEMBER 1990
| Provisions of the Act | Subject matter | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | Section 6 | Section inserting provisions concerning the introduction of compulsory training courses for riders of motor cycles in the Road Traffic Act 1988f1 |
| (2) | Section 7 (so far as it relates to those paragraphs of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 referred to in items (4) to (8) below) | Provision giving effect to certain paragraphs in Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (Driving Licences: Minor, Consequential and Further Amendments) |
| (3) | Section 16 (so far as it relates to that part of Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 referred to in item (9) below) | Provision giving effect to specified provision in Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (Repeals) |
| SCHEDULE 3 | ||
| (4) | Paragraph 6 | Provision substituting the words “motor bicycle” for the words “two-wheeled motor cycle” where the latter occur in section 23 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 |
| (5) | Paragraph 10 | Provision substituting the words “motor bicycle without a side-car” for the words “motor cycle having two wheels only” in section 97(3)(d) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 |
| (6) | Paragraph 11 (c) | Provision making consequential amendment to section 98(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in the light of the introduction of compulsory training courses for riders of motor cycles, and substituting the words “motor bicycle without a side-car” for the words “motor cycle” in paragraph (b) of that provision |
| (7) | Paragraph 15 (g) | Provision inserting definition of “approved training course for motor cyclists” and of “prescribed certificate of completion” in section 108(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 |
| (8) | Paragraphs 18(b)(c) and (d) | Provisions making consequential amendments to the Road Traffic Act 1988 in the light of the introduction of compulsory training courses for riders of motor cycles. |
| SCHEDULE 6 | ||
| (9) | Schedule 6 so far as it relates to the repeal in section 97(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 of the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c). | Provision making repeals |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st December 1990 the provisions of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 specified in the Schedule to the Order. The bringing into force of section 6 of the Act has the effect of requiring motor cyclists who have yet to pass a test of competence to drive a motor cycle to undergo compulsory training unless exempted by Regulations from having to do so. The Regulations implementing section 6 are the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No 5) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/2334). Many of the other provisions brought into force by this Order concern compulsory training for motor cyclists.