Motor Vehicles
(Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey)
Order 2007
Made 29th March 2007
Coming into force 4th
April 2007
THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, in pursuance of Articles 4, 8,
9, 11, 12, 16 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order, “principal Order”
means the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Jersey) Order 2003[2].
2 Article
2 amended
(1) In
Article 2(1) of the principal Order, for the words “the prescribed
form” there shall be substituted the words “the form approved by
the Minister for Transport and Technical Services”.
(2) Article
2(2) of the principal Order shall be deleted.
3 Article
3 substituted
In the principal Order, for Article 3 there shall be substituted the
following Article –
“3 Prescribed
photographic requirements
(1) The photograph for the purposes of Article
4(2)(b)(ii) of the Law shall be –
(a) of the applicant alone;
(b) taken within 6 months before the date of the
application;
(c) in colour, taken against a white, cream or
light, plain background;
(d) 45 mm by 35 mm and printed on
normal photographic paper; and
(e) a close up of the head and shoulders with
the face covering 65% to 75% of the photograph.
(2) The photograph shall show –
(a) no shadows;
(b) the full face, looking straight at the
camera;
(c) a neutral expression, with the mouth closed;
(d) the eyes open and clearly visible, with no
sunglasses or heavily tinted glasses and no hair across the eyes;
(e) no reflection on spectacles, if worn, and
the frames should not cover the eyes;
(f) the full head, without any head
covering, unless it is worn for religious beliefs; and
(g) the face uncovered.
(3) The photograph shall also –
(a) be in sharp focus and clear;
(b) have a strong definition between the face
and background; and
(c) be printed at 1200 dpi resolution or
better, if it is a digital or scanned photograph.”.
4 Article
6 deleted
Article 6 of the principal Order shall be deleted.
5 Article
7 amended
In Article 7 of the principal Order –
(a) for
the words “For the purpose” there shall be substituted the words
“(1) For the purpose”;
(b) at
the end there shall be added the following paragraphs –
“(2) Despite paragraph (1),
if a person surrenders a licence to the competent authority so that the person
may subsequently be granted another licence (other than a provisional licence)
in respect of a different category or categories of vehicles, the prescribed
fee for the grant of the other licence shall be the total of –
(a) the fee specified in Schedule 3 to be
payable for the grant of a licence, less an amount, calculated at a rate of
£4 for each year, or part of a year, for which the surrendered licence,
if it had not been surrendered, would have remained in force; and
(b) if an applicant requests and receives
same-day service, the fee specified in Schedule 3 to be payable for that
service.
(3) Despite paragraphs (1) and (2), if the
licence to be granted to a person shall, by virtue of Article 4(5) or (6) of
the Law, remain in force for a period of less than 10 years, the
prescribed fee for the grant of the licence shall be the total of –
(a) an amount calculated at a rate of £4
for each year, or part of a year, that the licence shall remain in force, or
£10, whichever is the greater amount; and
(b) if an applicant requests and receives
same-day service, the fee specified in Schedule 3 to be payable for that
service.”.
6 Article
8 amended
In Article 8 of the principal Order, for the words
“printed on pink paper” there shall be substituted the words
“printed on a polycarbonate or similar card that is pink and on the
background of which appear the words ‘driving licence’ in languages
of the European Union”.
7 Article
20 amended
In Article 20 of the principal Order, the words “or a
valid domestic driving permit” shall be deleted.
8 Article
21 amended
In Article 21(1)(a) of the principal Order, the words “or
a valid domestic driving permit” shall be deleted.
9 Article
23 amended
In Article 23(1) of the principal Order for all the words after
“test has produced” there shall be substituted the words “to
the Inspector a current licence that authorizes the person to drive the
category of vehicle in respect of which the applicant is to be tested.”.
10 Article
24 amended
In Article 24(4) of the principal Order –
(a) in
sub-paragraph (a) the words “or a valid domestic driving
permit” shall be deleted;
(b) sub-paragraph
(b) shall be deleted.
11 Article
32 amended
In Article 32 of the principal Order, for the words
“specified in” there shall be substituted the words
“calculated in accordance with”.
12 Article
33 amended
In Article 33 of the principal Order, for the words
“printed on blue paper” there shall be substituted the words
“printed on a polycarbonate or similar card that is pink and on the
background of which appear the words ‘driving licence’ in languages
of the European Union”.
13 New
Article 39A inserted
In the principal Order, after Article 39, there shall be
inserted the following Article –
“39A Issue
of licence free from endorsement
A licence that is, under Article 16(5)
of the Law, issued by the parochial authority free from endorsement in
substitution for any subsisting licence that is surrendered shall remain valid
until the same date as the date until which the surrendered licence would have
remained valid.”.
14 Article
41 substituted
In the principal Order, for Article 41 there shall be
substituted the following Article –
(1) If the holder of a licence changes his or
her name from the name specified on the licence, he or she shall as soon as
practicable –
(a) surrender the licence to the parochial
authority; and
(b) provide the parochial authority with a
photograph of himself or herself that fulfils the prescribed requirements, details
of the change and any appropriate evidence the parochial authority may need to
substantiate the change.
(2) If the holder of a licence issued before 4th
April 2007 changes his or her address from the
address specified on the licence, he or she shall as soon as
practicable –
(a) surrender the licence to the parochial
authority; and
(b) provide the parochial authority with a
photograph of himself or herself that fulfils the prescribed requirements,
details of the change and any appropriate evidence the parochial authority may
need to substantiate the change.
(3) If the holder of a licence issued on or
after 4th April 2007 changes his or her address, he or she shall as soon as
practicable notify the parochial authority of the change and provide the
parochial authority with any appropriate evidence the parochial authority may
need to substantiate the change.
(4) If the categories of vehicles the holder of
a licence is authorized to drive by virtue of the licence change, the holder of
a licence shall –
(a) surrender the licence to the parochial
authority; and
(b) provide the parochial authority with a
photograph of himself or herself that fulfils the prescribed requirements,
details of the change and any appropriate evidence the parochial authority may
need to substantiate the change.
(5) If the parochial authority is satisfied that –
(a) the holder of a licence has changed his or
her name from the name specified on the licence; or
(b) the holder of a licence issued before 4th
April 2007 has changed his or her address from
the address specified on the licence,
the parochial authority shall
issue an amended replacement licence to the person that is valid until the same
date as the surrendered licence would have been valid.”.
15 New
Article 44A inserted
In the principal Order, after Article 44, there shall be
inserted the following Article –
“44A Transitional
provisions applicable from 4th April 2007
A licence that has been
issued by a parochial authority and that was, immediately before 4th April 2007,
in the form prescribed by this Order as then in force shall be taken after that
date to be in the form prescribed by this Order as in force after that
date.”.
16 Schedule
2 revoked
Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall be revoked.
17 Schedule
3 substituted
For Schedule 3 to the principal Order there shall be
substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
18 Schedule
4 substituted
For Schedule 4 to the principal Order there shall be
substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
19 Citation
and commencement
(1) This
Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment
No. 6) (Jersey) Order 2007.
(2) This
Order shall come into force on 4th April 2007.
deputy g.w.j. de faye of st. helier
Minister for Transport and Technical
Services