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Section 107: Regulations for purposes of Part III

Road Traffic Act 1972 · 1972 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Licensing of drivers of vehicles

The Secretary of State may make regulations for any purpose for which regulations may be made under this Part of this Act and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Part of this Act, and otherwise for the purpose of carrying section 4 or this Part of this Act into effect, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, may make regulations with respect to—

licences,
the making of any particulars with respect to any persons who are disqualified or whose licences are suspended or endorsed available for use by the police,
the preventing of a person holding more than one licence,
the facilitating of identification of holders of licences, and
the providing for the issue of a new licence in the place of a licence lost or defaced on payment of such fee as may be prescribed;

and different regulations may be made as respects different classes of vehicles or as respects the same class of vehicles in different circumstances.

Regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Part of this Act may—

make different provision for different circumstances ;
provide for exemptions from any provisions of the regulations; and
contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as the Secretary of State considers expedient for the purposes of the regulations;

and nothing in any other provision of section 4 or this Part of this Act shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection.

Any fee prescribed under this Part of this Act shall be of an amount approved by the Treasury, and different fees may be prescribed for different circumstances.

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