The Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1990
S.I. 1990/2610 · Made 14 December 1990
ROAD TRAFFIC
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Made 14th December 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
- f1
Contents
- 1Article 1
- 2Article 2
- Signature
- Schedule THE PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS) ACT 1989 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st APRIL 1991
- Explanatory note
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 4) 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 April 1991.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
14th December 1990
THE PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS) ACT 1989 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st APRIL 1991
| Provisions of the Act | Subject Matter |
|---|---|
(1) Section 1 (so far as not already in force) | Abolition of special licences for driving HGVs and PSVs |
(2) Section 2 | Special provisions relating to licensing of drivers of LGVs and PCVs |
(3) Section 4 | Tests of competence and related conditions of entitlement to driving licences |
(4) Section 5 (so far as not already in force) | Relevant driving tests under external laws which entitle persons with prescribed disabilities to have licences |
(5) Section 7 (so far as not already in force) | Driving licences: minor, consequential, and further amendments |
(6) Section 16 (so far as not already in force) | Repeals |
(7) Schedule 1 (so far as not already in force) | Existing HGV and PSV drivers' licences |
(8) Schedule 2 | Licensing of drivers of large goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles |
(9) Schedule 3 (so far as not already in force) | Driving licences: minor, consequential, and further amendments |
(10) Schedule 6 (so far as not already in force except the repeal of paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989) | Repeals |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force the provisions of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 specified in the Schedule to the Order. The principal effect of the bringing into force of these provisions is to abolish the separate licensing of drivers of heavy goods vehicles under Part IV of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) and public service vehicles under section 22 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14) and to provide for the licensing of the drivers of such vehicles as large goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles under Part III of the 1988 Act supplemented by the new Part IV of that Act contained in Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act.