Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969

Supplemental

33Interpretation

(1)In this Act the following expressions have the following meanings unless the contrary intention appears, that is to say—

• " the Act of 1960 " means the [1960 c. 16.] Road Traffic Act 1960 ;

• " the Act of 1962 " means the [1962 c. 13.] Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962 ;

• " local authority " means the council of a county, the Greater London Council, the council of a county borough and the council of a burgh within the meaning of the [1947 c. 43.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 containing a population, according to the census for the time being last taken, of or exceeding fifty thousand, and for the purposes of this definition every other burgh shall be deemed to form part of the county in which it is situated;

• " the Minister " means the Minister of Transport;

• " motor dealer " means a person carrying on the business of selling or supplying mechanically propelled vehicles ;

• " prescribed " means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;

• " public road ", " trade licence " and " general trade licence " have the same meanings as in the Act of 1962;

• " relevant functions " and " the transfer date " have the meanings assigned to them by section 1(2) of this Act;

• " seven day licence " means a licence for which provision is made by section 2(1)(d) of the Act of 1962 ;

• " temporary licence " has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) of this Act; and

• " vehicle licence " means a licence under the Act of 1962.

(2)Unless the contrary intention appears, any reference in this Act to any enactment is a reference to it as amended by or under any other enactment including this Act.

34Orders and regulations

(1)Any power to make orders or 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 order under this Act made by the Minister and any regulations so made under this Act, Part II of the Act of 1960 or the Act of 1962 may—

(a)make different provision for different circumstances ;

(b)provide for exemptions from any provisions of the order or regulations ; and

(c)contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers expedient for the purposes of the order or regulations,

and nothing in any other provision of this Act or those enactments shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection.

(3)Any power to make an order or regulations which is exercisable by the Minister by virtue of this Act includes power to provide by the order or regulations that any document for which provision is made by the order or regulations shall be in such form and contain such particulars as may be specified by a person specified in the order or regulations.

(4)An order made by the Minister under any provision of this Act (except an order under section 2(1) in so far as the order transfers any property, rights or liabilities, an order appointing the transfer date and an order under section 38(2) of this Act) may be revoked or varied by a subsequent order under that provision.

(5)In section 23(1) of the Act of 1962 (which among other things confers power to make regulations for the purpose of carrying that Act into effect), the second reference to that Act and the reference to any other provision of that Act shall be construed as including a reference to this Act, except so far as it relates to driving licences and test certificates and except section 27.

35Service of notices

A notice authorised to be served on any person by section 100 or section 102(2) of the Act of 1960 or section 21(2) or section 22(6) of this Act may be served on him by delivering it to him or by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it to him by post; and for the purposes of this section and section 26 of the [1889 c. 63.] Interpretation Act 1889 in its application to this section the proper address of any person shall be his latest address as known to the person giving the notice.

36Financial provisions

(1)There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenses incurred by the Minister by virtue of this Act; and

(b)any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable under any other enactment out of moneys so provided.

(2)Any sums received by the Minister by virtue of this Act by way of fees shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

37Repeals

The enactments mentioned in the first and second columns of Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

38Short title, commencement and extent

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

(2)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Minister may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed under this subsection for different provisions of this Act, or for different provisions of this Act so far as they apply to such cases only as may be specified in the order.

(3)This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.