Minor and consequential amendments
Schedule 1 contains minor and consequential amendments that follow from the provisions contained in Articles 3 to 6.
Paragraphs 1 to 10contain amendments to the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. Significant among these is Paragraph 8 that amends Article 19E of that Order and provides that the holder of a Great Britain provisional driving licence will no longer be treated in Northern Ireland as the holder of a full Great Britain driving licence. A person’s authorisation to drive in Northern Ireland as the holder of a Great Britain licence extends only to driving in accordance with that licence.
Paragraphs 11 to 15 make consequential amendments to the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
Paragraphs 16 onwards amend the Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. The amendments provide for the early termination in Northern Ireland of the probationary period for the holder of a Great Britain driving licence in similar circumstances to those applying to the holder of a Northern Ireland driving licence, except that, as regards revocation, it is not the licence which is revoked, but the permission to drive in Northern Ireland conferred by Article 19E of the 1981 Order. As for revocations on medical grounds, the Department is obliged to inform the licensing authority in Great Britain of any such revocation involving a Great Britain licence. The amendments also provide that a Great Britain licence holder whose entitlement has been revoked under a corresponding provision of Great Britain law shall be subject to the requirement to satisfy the Department on a re-test.
