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

Designation E+W+S

5.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), each relevant country is designated under section 108(2)(b) of the Act as respects those licences which are described in paragraph (2).

(2) The licences described in this paragraph are those which—

(a) authorise the driving—

(i) before 19th January 2013, of a class of vehicles corresponding to a class of vehicles included in licensing category A, B, B+E, F, K or P or in licensing sub-category B1; or

(ii) after 18th January 2013, of a class of vehicles corresponding to a class of vehicles included in licensing category AM, B, B+E, F, K or Q or in licensing sub-category A1, A2 or A3; and

(b) have been granted by the licensing authority of a relevant country—

(i) to a person who has passed a driving test in that relevant country; or

(ii) in exchange for a licence granted in—

(aa) the United Kingdom;

(bb) an EEA State F1 ... to a person who had passed a driving test in an EEA State, a relevant country or a country or territory referred to in Schedule 3; or

(cc) another relevant country to a person who had passed a driving test in an EEA State, a relevant country or a country or territory referred to in Schedule 3; or

(dd) a country or territory referred to in Schedule 3 to a person who had passed a driving test in an EEA State, a relevant country or a country or territory referred to in Schedule 3.

(3) A licence of a description in paragraph (2)(b)(i) is exchangeable only in so far as it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission if it was granted in the relevant country to a person who passed a driving test in that country in a vehicle with automatic transmission notwithstanding that the licence authorises the driving in that country of vehicles with manual transmission.

(4) A licence of a description in paragraph (2)(b)(ii)(aa) is exchangeable only in so far as it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission if it was granted in exchange for a licence granted in the United Kingdom which authorises only the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission.

(5) A licence of a description in paragraph (2)(b)(ii)(bb), (cc) or (dd) is exchangeable only in so far as it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission if it was granted in exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State, a relevant country or a country or territory referred to in Schedule 3 to a person who passed a test in that State, country or territory (as the case may be) in a vehicle with automatic transmission notwithstanding that either such licence authorises the driving in the State, country or territory in which it was granted of vehicles with manual transmission.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 5(2)(b)(ii)(bb) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Driving Licences (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1251), regs. 1(2), 10; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)