Prospective
31U.K.The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.
32(1)Section 18 (evidence by certificate as to registration of driving instructors and licences to give instruction) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—
“(a)a person was, or was not, registered,
(b)a person became registered or a person's registration was terminated, or
(c)a person was, or was not, exempt from the prohibitions imposed by section 123 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (requirement of registration) by virtue of provision made by regulations under section 124 of that Act,”.
(3)In subsection (3), for the words from “ “current” to “ “register”” substitute “ “ Registrar ”, “ registered ” and “ registration ””.
(4)In the heading, for “of driving instructors and licences to give instruction” substitute “ etc. of driving instructors etc. ”.
33(1)Part 1 of Schedule 2 (prosecution and punishment of offences: offences under the Traffic Acts) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In the entry relating to section 123(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)—
(a)in column 1, for “123(4)” substitute “ 123A(1) and (2) ”, and
(b)in column 2, for “by unregistered and unlicensed persons or their employers” substitute “ , and carrying on of business in provision of driving instruction, by unregistered persons ”.
(3)In the entry relating to section 123(6) of that Act—
(a)in column 1, for “123(6)” substitute “ 123A(4) ”, and
(b)in column 2, for “without there being exhibited on the motor car a certificate of registration or a licence under RTA Part 5” substitute “ , and carrying on of business in provision of driving instruction, without prescribed requirements relating to displaying of evidence of registration under RTA Part 5 being complied with ”.
(4)In the entry relating to section 133C(4) of that Act, in column 2, omit “or licensed”.
(5)In the entry relating to section 133D of that Act, in column 2, omit “or their employers”.
(6)In the entry relating to section 135 of that Act, for the words in column 2 substitute “ Misuse of evidence of registration etc. ”.
(7)In the entries relating to sections 136 and 137 of that Act, in column 2, for “or licence” substitute “ etc. ”.