The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

(a) the following expressions have the following meanings—

“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;

“driving test” means a test corresponding to the practical test of driving skills and behaviour prescribed under section 89(3)(1) and (4)(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as part of the test of competence to drive;

“relevant country” means a country or territory referred to in Schedule 1;

“vehicle with automatic transmission” means a vehicle in which the person driving the vehicle is either—

(i)

not provided with any means whereby that person may vary the gear ratio between the engine and the road wheels independently of the accelerator and the brakes, or

(ii)

provided with such means but they do not include a clutch pedal or lever which that person may operate manually,

(and accordingly, a vehicle with manual transmission is any other class of vehicle);

(b)

a reference to a licensing category or sub-category is a reference to the category or sub-category (as the case may be) identified by the same letter or combination of letters or of a letter and number in Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999(3); and

(c)

the reference in paragraph (b) to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 is, after 18th January 2013, a reference to those Regulations as amended by the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012(4).

(1)

Section 89(3) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 63 and the Road Safety Act 2006 (c.49), section 36(1) and (2)(a), (b) and (c).

(2)

Section 89(4) was amended by the Road Safety Act 2006, section 36(1) and (3)(a), (b), (c) and (d) and S.I. 1996/1974.

(3)

S.I. 1999/2864; Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 2005/2717.

(4)

S.I. 2012/977; Schedule 3 includes amendments to the categories and sub-categories of vehicle for licensing purposes in Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864) and which come into force on 19th January 2013.