s 8 Driving record
In the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53), after section 97 insert— Meaning of “driving record” (97A) (1) In this Act “ driving record ”, in relation to a person, means a record in relation to the person maintained by the Secretary of State and designed to be endorsed with particulars relating to offences committed by the person under the Traffic Acts. (2) The Secretary of State may make arrangements for the following persons to have access, by such means as the Secretary of State may determine, to information held on a person's driving record— (a) courts, (b) constables, (c) fixed penalty clerks, (d) the person in respect of whom the record is maintained and persons authorised by him, and (e) other persons prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (3) The power to make regulations under subsection (2)(e) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. (4) No regulations shall be made under subsection (2)(e) above unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.