(1) Section 43(1) is
amended as follows:
(a) by
inserting after paragraph (a) —
“
(aa) excluding from the authority given by a licence the
authority to drive for a purpose or in a manner set out in the regulations
unless the licence is expressly endorsed to confer that authority, whether by
reference to classes of endorsement described in the regulations or otherwise;
(ab)
prescribing classes of conditions or limitations to which a licence may be
made subject by endorsing the licence with a reference to that class instead
of setting out the conditions or limitations in full;
”;
(b) by
deleting paragraph (b) and inserting instead the following
paragraph —
“
(b)
prescribing the minimum ages, subject to section 42, of
persons —
(i)
to whom a driver’s licence or permit appropriate to
a particular description of motor vehicle may be issued; or
(ii)
whose driver’s licences may be endorsed under
paragraph (aa);
”;
(c)
after “driver’s licence” where it first occurs in
paragraph (c), by inserting —
“ or permit ”;
(d)
after paragraph (c) by deleting “and”;
(e) by
deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (d) and inserting
instead —
“
; and
(e)
providing for what is to be authorized by a licence held by a person who,
before an amendment to the regulations, held a licence that operated by
reference to a vehicle classification that no longer exists and, where
anything that was formerly authorized by the licence ceases to be authorized,
making provision to facilitate the obtaining by the person of a licence that
authorizes that thing.
”.
(2) Section 43(2) is
repealed.