Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011

Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1968 — regulations in relation to control of driving instructors.

5.— Section 18 of the Act of 1968 is amended by substituting for subsection (7) the following:

“(7) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a regulation under this section which is stated to be a penal regulation commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction—

(a) in the case of a contravention of a regulation—

(i) prohibiting or restricting the giving for reward of instruction by a person other than a licensed driving instructor, or prohibiting the employment of such a person for the purpose of giving instruction for reward, or

(ii) prohibiting a person other than a licensed driving instructor from holding himself or herself out as a licensed driving instructor, or prohibiting a person employing a driving instructor other than a licensed driving instructor from holding that driving instructor out as a licensed driving instructor,

to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both, and

(b) in the case of any other failure or contravention, to a class C fine.”.