§ Mr. SpeakerThe next Amendment is No. 38, with which I suggest we take Government Amendment No. 39.
§ Mr. CarmichaelI beg to move Amendment No. 38, in page 19, line 14, after ' authority ', insert: 1222
' or such a licence issued to him has been revoked or surrendered in pursuance of section 102 of this Act '.When a licence is revoked under the new Section 102(2), for example, because it has been granted with an error or omission in its particulars, or is surrendered under Section 102(3) when a person notifies a change of name or address, the licensing authority will grant a new and corrected licence under Section 102(4) unless the licence holder has been disqualified.In these circumstances, as communication with the central office by the public can only be by post, there will inevitably be a number of days when the licence holder will not possess a licence giving authority to drive. It is, therefore, fair to allow the licence holder to continue to drive any vehicle which he is entitled to drive while without his licence.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Further Amendments made: No. 39, in page 19, line 18, at end insert:
' but the benefit of the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not extend beyond the date when a licence is issued in pursuance of the application mentioned in paragraph (b) above or, as the case may be, in pursuance of subsection (4) of the said section 102 in consequence of the revocation or surrender so mentioned nor (in a case where a licence is not in fact so issued) beyond the expiration of the period for which it fell to be issued '.
No. 40, in page 19, line 34, at end insert:
(3) In section 7(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1962 (under which a court must in certain circumstances require a driving licence to be produced for endorsement) after the words ' as required ' there shall be inserted the words ' then, unless he satisfies the court that he has applied for a new licence and has not received it '.—[Mr. Carmichael.]
§ Mr. CarmichaelI beg to move Amendment No. 41, in page 19, line 39, after ' class) ', insert:
and in section 19(7) of that Act (which enables such a licence to be granted to a person who has held a corresponding Northern Ireland licence during that period) '.The purpose of the Amendment is to reduce from 10 to 5 years the similar entitlement, provided under Section 19(7) of the Road Safety Act, 1967, to holders of the appropriate Northern Ireland licences and thus to keep both entitlements in line.
§ Amendment agreed to.