Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Evidence of the result of practical and unitary tests

37.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person conducting a practical or unitary test shall furnish—

(a) a person who passes the test with a certificate in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 10;

(b) a person who fails to pass the test with a statement in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 10.

(2) Where, by virtue of regulation 30(2), a person—

(a) elects to apply for an appointment for a practical test before being furnished with a certificate stating that he has passed a theory test; and

(b) passes that practical test taken on that appointment,

the person conducting the practical test shall furnish that person with a certificate in the form set out in Part 3 of Schedule 10.

(3) Where the person who took the practical test has produced a valid theory test pass certificate in accordance with regulation 27(3), he shall surrender that certificate to the person conducting the test upon receipt of the certificate furnished under paragraph (1)(a).

(4) A certificate issued—

(a) under paragraph (1)(a) or (2) is invalid if the person to whom it is issued is at that time ineligible, by virtue of an enactment contained in the 1981 Order or these Regulations, to take the test to which the certificate relates;

(b) under paragraph (1)(a) is invalid if, at the time when it is issued, the person conducting the practical test is unaware that the theory test pass certificate produced to him in accordance with regulation 27(3) is invalid by virtue of regulation 36(7).

(5) A person authorised to conduct practical or unitary tests by virtue of sub-paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of regulation 18(1) shall issue pass certificates using forms supplied by the Department.