Road Safety Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 122B:"Page 82, line 35, at end insert—" ““(3)   The regulations shall make special provision for the police, fire, ambulance and defence organisations.”” The noble Earl said: Schedule 4 inserts new Sections 123 and 124, among others, into the Road Traffic Act 1988. New Section 123 means that driving instruction businesses as well as instructors will have to be registered. I am not convinced about the desirability of further regulations—so I have just shot myself in the foot regarding the previous debate—but I will trust the Minister’s judgment. However, new Section 124 allows for regulations to be made to exempt prescribed types of driving instruction from the newly drafted Section 123. My amendment seeks to clarify that Section 123 would not apply to police, fire, ambulance and defence organisations. Those organisations have excellent driver/training schools and to require them to register would be a waste of resources. I beg to move.