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Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969

1969 c. 27 · Enacted 25 June 1969 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

Up to date with all changes known to legislation.gov.uk, revised to 5 November 1993.

An Act to make further provision, in relation to mechanically propelled vehicles, about the licensing, registration and marking of vehicles, the payment of excise duty, the licensing of drivers, offences and the provision of copies of test certificates; and for purposes connected with those matters.

[25th June 1969]C1I1

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Commencement

I1

Act not in force at Royal Assent; see s. 38(2).

Contents

  1. Transfer of functions
  2. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 2Provisions supplementary to s. 1.
  4. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. Vehicle licences
  6. 4—10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. Continuous liability for vehicle excise duty
  8. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. Drivers and driving licences
  11. 13—15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 16Other amendments of enactments relating to drivers etc.
  13. Miscellaneous
  14. 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  16. 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  17. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  18. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. 22, 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  20. Legal proceedings etc.
  21. 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  22. 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  23. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  24. 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  26. 29Section 29
  27. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  28. 31, 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. Supplemental
  30. 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  31. 34Orders and regulations.
  32. 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  33. 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  34. 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  35. 38Short title, commencement and extent.
  36. Schedule 1
  37. Part I: Amendments consequential on s.1
  38. 1—3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  39. 4—8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  40. The Local Government Act 1966
  41. 9Paragraph 9
  42. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966
  43. 10Paragraph 10
  44. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  45. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  46. Part II: Amendments consequential on s. 4
  47. 13—18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  48. Schedule 2: Amendments of provisions of Act of 1960 relating to drivers etc.
  49. 1—7Paragraph 1—7 Repealed
  50. 8Paragraph 8
  51. 9, 10Paragraph 9, 10 Repealed
  52. 11Paragraph 11
  53. 12, 13Paragraph 12, 13 Repealed
  54. Schedule 3Schedule 3

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2Provisions supplementary to s. 1.

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(2)

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(3)

The Minister shall make regulations providing for the payment by him, subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be prescribed, of compensation to or in respect of persons who are or were, or but for any national service of theirs would be or would have been, the holders of any such place, situation or employment as may be prescribed and who suffer or have suffered loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to the provisions of section 1 of this Act; and any such regulations may include provision for the determination of questions arising under the regulations.

  • In this subsection “national service” means any such service in any of Her Majesty’s forces or other employment (whether or not in the service of Her Majesty) as may be prescribed.

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16Other amendments of enactments relating to drivers etc.

(1)

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The Act of 1960 shall have effect subject to the further amendments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.

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(6)

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34Orders and regulations.

(1)

Any power to make F1. . . regulations conferred on the Minister by this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and any statutory instrument made by virtue of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2)

. . . any regulations . . . made under this Act . . . . . . F2 may—

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make different provision for different circumstances;

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provide for exemptions from any provisions of the . . . regulations; and

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contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers expedient for the purposes of the . . . regulations,

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38Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969.

F1(2)

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(3)

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

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In section 33 of the Local Government Act 1966 the reference to the functions relating to highways shall include a reference to the relevant functions, and any reference in that section to a council or the Minister within the meaning of that section shall respectively be construed, in relation to the relevant functions, as a reference to a local authority or the Minister within the meaning of this Act.

In this paragraph “relevant functions” includes the Minister’s functions under the Act of 1962 in relation to the Isles of Scilly and “local authority” includes the Council of the said Isles.

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In section 35 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966— C1

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in subsection (1), after the words “A local authority” there shall be inserted the words “within the meaning of section 113(1) of the M1Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947”;

(b)

after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection :—

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A local authority within the meaning of section 33 of the Vehicle and Driving Licenses Act 1969 may enter into an agreement with the Minister of Transport for the placing at his disposal, for the purpose of any of the relevant functions within the meaning of the said Act of 1969, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of persons employed by the local authority and of any premises, equipment and other facilities under their control. ;”

(c)

in subsection (2), after the words “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “or the Minister of Transport”;

(d)

in subsection (3) the words from “local authority” to “and” in the second place where it occurs shall cease to have effect.

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8C1

In section 232(2)(a) (under which the owner of a vehicle may be required to identify the driver of it who it is alleged to have committed an offence to which that section applies) for the words “owner of” there shall be substituted the words “person keeping”.

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11

In section 244 (which specifies the time for beginning summary proceedings for certain offences), for the words from “from” where it first occurs onwards there shall be substituted the words

“from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge ; but no such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this section more than three years after the commission of the offence.

For the purposes of this section a certificate signed by or on the behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact : and a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.”

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Schedule 3F1