The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2013

Made: 26th April 2013

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Road Safety Act 2006[^f00001].

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2013.

Commencement of section 13

2

Section 13 of the Road Safety Act 2006 (which relates to high risk offenders and medical enquiries following disqualification) shall come into force on 1st June 2013.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Stephen Hammond — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 26th April 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force section 13 of the Road Safety Act 2006 on 1st June 2013.

Section 13 amends section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (the “1988 Act”) which sets out exceptions to the general requirement for anyone wishing to drive a motor vehicle on a road to have an appropriate driving licence. These include the case of a driver who has previously held a driving licence and has made an application for a new licence that meets certain conditions.

The amendments apply to High Risk Offenders, who have been disqualified by court order as a result of serious drink-driving related offences, as prescribed under section 94(4) of the 1998 Act by regulation 74(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999[^f00002]. The amendments prevent a High Risk Offender, who is in the process of applying for a driving licence as a result of, or in anticipation of, the expiry of a driving disqualification, from driving before they have successfully been granted a new licence following a medical examination as required by the Secretary of State (under section 94(5) of the Act). The effect of section 13(2) of the Road Safety Act 2006 is that this only applies where the conviction in respect of which the disqualification was imposed is on or after the section is brought into force.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c.49.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/2864, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^f00003]: Section 49A was inserted by section 129 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26).

[^f00004]: Section 49B was inserted by section 130 of the Local Transport Act 2008.