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These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
Regulation 29 is amended so as to increase the number of questions in the theory test for categories C and D from 25 questions to 35 questions, in line with other categories.
Fees payable for licences are amended as follows—
(a)a new fee of £12 is introduced for the grant of a provisional licence following the revocation of a licence under Article 5(1) of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
(b)a new fee of £13.50 is introduced for the grant of a full licence in exchange for a full Community licence or an exchangeable licence;
(c)a new fee of £8.50 for a full Group 1 licence where the applicant has previously been granted a provisional licence (previously no fee was charged);
(d)a new fee of £8.50 for the grant of a first full licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category C where the applicant has previously been granted a provisional licence for that category (previously no fee was charged);
(e)a new fee of £8.50 for the grant of a first full licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category D where the applicant has previously been granted a provisional licence for that category (previously no fee was charged); and
(f)the existing fee of £6 is increased to £13.50 for a full licence granted in exchange for a full Great Britain licence which was granted under section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 or section 97 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
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