2025 No. 505

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2025

Made

23rd April 2025

Laid before Parliament

24th April 2025

Coming into force

15th May 2025

term the act The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(3), (4) and (5), 105(1), (3) and (4), and 106(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) (“the Act”), and, in the case of regulation 2, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 105(4) of the Act.

The Secretary of State has consulted with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the Act.

The Secretary of State, in exercising the powers conferred by section 89(4)(b) of the Act in respect of the fees specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of the Table in regulation 2(3)(b), has taken into account the costs of the functions and the matters specified in respect of that section in the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2).

(1)

1988 c. 52. Section 89(3) is amended by paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and section 36(2)(a) of the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49); there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Section 89(4) is amended by section 36(3)(a) and (d) of the Road Safety Act 2006; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Section 89(5)(b) is repealed by paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Road Safety Act 2006. Section 105(4) is amended by S.I. 1998/1420.

(2)

S.I. 1988/643; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1684 and 2009/1885. See column 2 of item 5 of Table 3 (Road Traffic Act 1988) in Schedule 1 for the functions to be taken into account; and paragraphs 1 to 8 of Schedule 2 for the matters to be taken into account.