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Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

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34C Provisions supplementary to sections 34A and 34B.

(1) The appropriate national authority may issue guidance to course providers, or to any category of course provider, as to the conduct of courses approved for the purposes of section 34A of this Act; and— (a) course providers shall have regard to any guidance given to them under this subsection, and (b) in determining for the purposes of section 34B of this Act whether any instructions or requirements of a course provider were reasonable, a court shall have regard to any guidance given to him under this subsection. (2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision— (a) amending section 34A(1)(b) of this Act by substituting for the period for the time being specified there a different period, (b) amending section 34A(7) of this Act by substituting for the period for the time being specified there a different period, or by substituting for the fraction of the unreduced period for the time being specified there a different fraction of that period, (or by doing both), or (c) amending section 34A(8)(a) of this Act by substituting for the period for the time being specified there a different period. (3) In sections 34A to 34BA of this Act and this section— “appropriate national authority” means (as respects Wales) the National Assembly for Wales and (otherwise) the Secretary of State; “course provider”, in relation to a course, means the person by whom it is, or is to be, provided; “probationary period” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995; “proper officer” means— in relation to a magistrates' court in England and Wales, the designated officer for the court, and otherwise, the clerk of the court; “relevant local court”, in relation to an order under section 34A of this Act in the case of an offender, means— in England and Wales, a magistrates' court acting for the local justice area in which the offender resides, and in Scotland, the sheriff court for the district where the offender resides or, where the order is made by a stipendiary magistrate and the offender resides within his commission area, the district court for that area; and “supervising court”, in relation to an order under section 34A of this Act, means— in England and Wales, if the Crown Court made the order the Crown Court and otherwise a magistrates' court acting for the same local justice area as the court which made the order, and in Scotland, the court which made the order. (4) Any power to make regulations under section 34A, 34B or 34BA of this Act or this section includes power to make different provision for different cases, and to make such incidental or supplementary provision as appears necessary or appropriate. (5) Any power to make regulations under section 34A, 34B or 34BA of this Act or this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. (6) No regulations shall be made under section 34A of this Act or this section unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (7) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under section 34B or 34BA of this Act by the Secretary of State shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

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34C Provisions supplementary to sections 34A and 34B.

(1) The appropriate national authority may issue guidance to course providers, or to any category of course provider, as to the conduct of courses approved for the purposes of section 34A of this Act; and— (a) course providers shall have regard to any guidance given to them under this subsection, and (b) in determining for the purposes of section 34B of this Act whether any instructions or requirements of a course provider were reasonable, a court shall have regard to any guidance given to him under this subsection. (2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision— (a) amending section 34A(1)(b) of this Act by substituting for the period for the time being specified there a different period, (b) amending section 34A(7) of this Act by substituting for the period for the time being specified there a different period, or by substituting for the fraction of the unreduced period for the time being specified there a different fraction of that period, (or by doing both), or (c) amending section 34A(8)(a) of this Act by substituting for the period for the time being specified there a different period. (3) In sections 34A to 34BA of this Act and this section— “appropriate national authority” means (as respects Wales) the National Assembly for Wales and (otherwise) the Secretary of State; “course provider”, in relation to a course, means the person by whom it is, or is to be, provided; “probationary period” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995; “proper officer” means— in relation to a magistrates' court in England and Wales, the designated officer for the court, and otherwise, the clerk of the court; “relevant local court”, in relation to an order under section 34A of this Act in the case of an offender, means— in England and Wales, a magistrates' court acting for the local justice area in which the offender resides, and in Scotland, the sheriff court for the district where the offender resides or, where the order is made by a stipendiary magistrate and the offender resides within his commission area, the district court for that area; and “supervising court”, in relation to an order under section 34A of this Act, means— in England and Wales, if the Crown Court made the order the Crown Court and otherwise a magistrates' court acting for the same local justice area as the court which made the order, and in Scotland, the court which made the order. (4) Any power to make regulations under section 34A, 34B or 34BA of this Act or this section includes power to make different provision for different cases, and to make such incidental or supplementary provision as appears necessary or appropriate. (5) Any power to make regulations under section 34A, 34B or 34BA of this Act or this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. (6) No regulations shall be made under section 34A of this Act or this section unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (7) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under section 34B or 34BA of this Act by the Secretary of State shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

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