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PART IIN.I.GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF VEHICLES

[F1Disqualification if disqualified in Great Britain, etc.N.I.

Disqualification while disqualified in Great Britain, Isle of Man, Channel Islands or GibraltarN.I.

18A.(1) A person is disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle of any class so long as he is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland.

(2) For the purposes of this Article a person is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland if, in respect of any offence—

(a)a court in Great Britain disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a Great Britain licence,

(b)a court in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a British external licence, or

(c)a court in Gibraltar disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the law of Gibraltar.

(3) A certificate signed by the Department which states, in respect of a person, any matter relating to the question whether he is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland shall be evidence of the matter so stated.

(4) A certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.]