The Deregulation Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015

Interpretation

11.  In this Part—

“the RTA” means the Road Traffic Act 1988(1);

“commencement date” means 8th June 2015;

“ADI” means a person who is registered as a driving instructor under section 125(2) of the RTA;

“disabled trainee instructor licence” means a licence granted under section 129(2) (b) (3) of the RTA (in the form that those provisions took immediately prior to the commencement date);

“emergency control assessment” means an assessment under section 133A (4) of the RTA;

“emergency control certificate” means a certificate issued under section 133A of the RTA;

“the register” means the same as “the register” in section 123(5) of the RTA;

“the Registrar” means the same as “the Registrar” in section 125(2) of the RTA;

“RDI” means a person who immediately prior to the commencement date was registered as a “disabled instructor” under section 125A(6) of the RTA;

“trainee instructor licence” means—

(a)

a licence granted, prior to the commencement date, under section 129(2)(a) of the RTA; or

(b)

a licence granted under section 129 of the RTA on or after the commencement date.

(1)

1988 c. 52.

(2)

Section 125 was amended by paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993 (c. 31), paragraph 7 of Schedule 29 to the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38) and by S.I. 1999/357; there are uncommenced amendments to this section in paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49).

(3)

Section 129 was amended by section 2 of the Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993 and by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009 (c. 17); there are uncommenced amendments to this section in paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006 and in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009.

(4)

Section 133A was inserted by section 3 of the Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993 and amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 29 to the Transport Act 2000; there are uncommenced amendments to this section in paragraph 15 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006.

(5)

Section 123 was amended by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993 and by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009; there are uncommenced amendments to this section in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006 and section 1 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009.

(6)

Section 125A was inserted by section 1 of the Road Traffic (Driving Instruction by Disabled Persons) Act 1993 and amended by S.I. 1999/357; there are uncommenced amendments to this section in paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006.