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Road Safety Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 18:"Page 22, leave out lines 36 to 39 and insert—" ““(2)   Subsection (1) above does not apply unless the vehicle is being driven by a person who— (a)   has satisfactorily completed a course of training in the driving of vehicles at high speed provided in accordance with regulations under this section, or (b)   is driving the vehicle as part of such a course. (3)   The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about courses of training in the driving of vehicles at high speed. (4)   The regulations may include— (a)   provision about the nature of courses, (b)   provision for the approval by the Secretary of State of persons providing courses or giving instruction on courses and the withdrawal of approvals (including provision for appeals against refusal and withdrawal of approvals), (c)   provision specifying the maximum fees that a person may be required to pay for a course, (d)   provision for the training or assessment, or the supervision of the training or assessment, of persons providing courses or giving instruction on courses, (e)   provision for the evidencing of the successful completion of courses, (f)   provision authorising the Secretary of State to make available information about persons providing courses or giving instruction on courses, and (g)   provision treating courses of training in the driving of vehicles at high speed which have been completed before the coming into force of the regulations as if they had been provided in accordance with the regulations. (5)   The regulations may include provision for the charging of reasonable fees in respect of any function conferred or imposed on the Secretary of State by the regulations. (6)   The regulations may make different provision— (a)   for different classes of vehicle, (b)   for different descriptions of persons, or (c)   otherwise for different circumstances.”””” The noble Lord said: My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this amendment slightly earlier than the House might have imagined. I am therefore superbly well equipped for the amendments of both the noble Earls, Lord Dundee and Lord Attlee, but less well equipped for the amendment of the Lord Davies of Oldham. The amendment is a minor affair, acknowledging the great difficulties we have had with certain issues in the Bill thus far. Consequently, I am moving it as a formal government amendment because it is merely technical. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to.