6. Amendment of section 56

Section 56 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2) The Director shall not issue a vocational licence unless he is satisfied that—

(a)

in the case of a licence to drive, the applicant is over the age of twenty-one;

(b)

in the case of a licence to act as a conductor, the applicant is over the age of eighteen;

(c)

the applicant is not a person holding a learner’s driving licence or a probationary driving licence;

(d)

in the case of an applicant who is a self-employed person, the applicant is registered and has paid the contribution under the Self-Employment

Social Security Act 2017 [Act 789]; and

(e)

the applicant fulfils such other conditions as may be prescribed.”;

(b)

in subsection (4)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), by deleting the word “or” after the words “such licence;”; and

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(ii)

by inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph:

“(aa) the holder of the vocational licence is a self-employed person, the vocational licence holder has not registered and has not paid the contribution under the Self-Employment Social Security

Act 2017; or”; and

(c)

by inserting after subsection (9) the following subsection:

“(10) For the purposes of this section, “self-employed person” shall have the same meaning as assigned to that expression in the Self-Employment Social Security

Act 2017.”.

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