The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/536
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) After “(2),” in paragraph (1) of regulation 9 there shall be inserted “(2A),”.

(3) After paragraph (2) of regulation 9 there shall be inserted —

(2A) The condition specified in paragraph (l)(b) shall not apply—

(a) when the holder of the provisional licence is driving a motor vehicle on a road in Wales, and

(b) a distinguishing mark in the form set out in Schedule 2A is displayed on the vehicle in such manner as to be clearly visible to other persons using the road from within a reasonable distance from the front and from the back of the vehicle.

(4) After Schedule 2 there shall be inserted—

Diagram of distinguishing mark to be displayed on a motor vehicle being driven under a provisional licence in Wales if a distinguishing mark in the form set out in Schedule 2 above is not so displayed.

The corners of the white ground can be rounded off.