Regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after subregulation (2) the following subregulations:

(3)  Nothing in these regulations prevents the Registrar from amending the driver licence register, on the Registrar's own initiative, to extend the licence expiry date in respect of a driver licence.

(4)  If the Registrar, on the Registrar's own initiative, extends the licence expiry date in respect of a driver licence under subregulation (3) , the Registrar is to notify the holder of that driver licence of the new licence expiry date for that driver licence.