The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

1.—(1) Article 4 (exceptions) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)(a) after head (i) there shall be inserted—

“(ia) a Community licence to drive vehicles of that or a corresponding class, or”.

(3) In paragraph (3)—

(a) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted—

“(aa) in the case of an application made by virtue of paragraph (1)(a)(ia), the disqualification subsists under or by virtue of any provision of the law of an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom) and relates to vehicles of the class, or of a class corresponding to the class, to which his application relates;”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (d), the words “member State or” shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraph (9), in sub-paragraph (a), after the words “or passenger” there shall be inserted—

• “who—

  (i)

  is licensed in that behalf in accordance with the requirements of this Part and Part V, or

  (ii)

  is authorised by virtue of Article 15A(1) to drive in Northern Ireland such a motor vehicle,”.

(1)

Articles 4 to 19E were substituted by Schedule 1 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3); relevant amendments are made by Article 7 of S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) and Article 92 of S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)