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

The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (N.I. 18)

4.—(1) Article 92 (licensing of motor cyclists) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (d), there shall be substituted—

“(d) shall not authorise a person under the age of 21 years, before he has passed a test of competence to drive a motor bicycle, —

(i) to drive a motor bicycle without a sidecar unless it is a learner motor bicycle (as defined in paragraph (5)) or its first use (as defined in regulations) occurred before such date as may be prescribed and the cylinder capacity of its engine does not exceed 125 cubic centimetres, or

(ii) to drive a motor bicycle with a sidecar unless its power to weight ratio is less than or equal to 0.16 kilowatts per kilogram.”.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a) for the word “cycle”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “bicycle”;

(b) for paragraphs (b) and (c) there shall be substituted—

“(b) the maximum net power output of its engine does to exceed 11 kilowatts.”; and

(c) for paragraph (5A) there shall be substituted—

“(5A) In this Article—

• “maximum net power output”, in relation to an engine, means the maximum net power output measured under full engine load, and

• “power to weight ratio”, in relation to a motor bicycle with a sidecar, means the ratio of the maximum net power output of the engine of the motor bicycle to the weight of the combination with—

  (a)

  a full supply of fuel in the tank,

  (b)

  an adequate supply of other liquids needed for its propulsion, and

  (c)

  no load other than its normal equipment including loose tools.”.

(4) In paragraph (3), in sub-paragraph (b)—

(a) for the words from “he has” to “sidecar” there shall be substituted “he has either passed a test of competence to drive a motor bicycle or attained the age of 21 years, a motor bicycle”, and

(b) at the end there shall be inserted “or attained that age (as the case may be)”.