Driving Licences (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010

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The Driving Licences (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolutions of the 31^st day of March, 2006[a], and the 29^th day of November, 2006[b], and in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Motor Taxation and Licensing (Guernsey) Law, 1987[c], as amended, and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-

Amendments to the Ordinance of 1995.

1. (1) The Driving Licences (Guernsey) Ordinance, 1995[d], as amended, is further amended as follows.

(2) For subparagraph (i) of section 1(2)(c), substitute -

"(i) he satisfies the Committee that he is, or was at any time within the period of five years ending on the date when that application is made, the holder of a valid full licence authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of that class and issued by the competent authority -

(A) in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or Jersey,

(B) of a member state of the European Union, or

(3) Delete subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of section 1(2)(c).

(4) In section 1(4), for "(c)(i)" substitute "(c)(iv)".

(5) At the end of Schedule 1, insert the following -

"Driving whilst disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence (only if committed on or after 1^st February 2010),

Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs (only if committed on or after 1^st February 2010), and

Failing to give permission for a laboratory test of a specimen of blood (only if committed on or after 1^st February 2010)".

Citation and commencement.

2. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Driving Licences (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into force on 1^st February, 2010.

[a]	Article VIII of Billet d'État No. VII of 2006.
[b]	Article XI of Billet d'État No. XVIII of 2006.
[c]	Orders in Council Vol. XXX, p. 341; as amended by the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1989 (Orders in Council Vol. XXXI, p. 278); the Motor Taxation and Licensing (Amendment) (Guernsey) Law, 1995 (No XI of 1995); the Motor Taxation and Licensing (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2000 (No. IX of 2000); the Motor Taxation and Licensing (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2007 (No. XIX of 2007); the Island Traffic Committee (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Ordinance, 1992 (Ordinances of the States Vol. XXVI, p. 90); the Machinery of Government (Transfer of Functions) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2003 (No. XXXIII of 2003).
[d]	Ordinances of the States, Vol. XXVI, p. 374; as amended by the Driving Licences (Amendment) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 1996 (No. XVIII of 1996); the Driving Licences (Amendment) (No. 2) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 1996 (No. XXX of 1996); the Driving Licences (Amendment) (No. 3) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 1996 (No. XXXIV of 1996); the Driving Licences (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998 (No. XI of 1998); the Driving Licences (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (No. XXX of 2002); the Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Licensing (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 (No. XII of 2007); the Driving Licences (Amendment) (Guernsey) Regulations, 2002 (G.S.I. No. 25 of 2002); the Driving Licences (Amendment) (Guernsey) Regulations, 2006 (G.S.I. No. 22 of 2006); the Driving Licences (Increase in Fees) Regulations, 2007 (G.S.I. No. 9 of 2007); the Driving Tests (Increase in Fees) Regulations, 2007 (G.S.I. No. 27 of 2007).