The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2015

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations, other than regulation 2, come into force on 26th March 2015.

(3) Regulation 2 comes into force on 25th March 2015.

Revocation

2.  The Motor Vehicles Driving Licences (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2015(1) are revoked.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

3.  The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999(2) are amended as set out in regulation 4.

4.  After regulation 21A insert—

Prohibition on holding more than one licence

21B.(1) A person must not hold more than one licence(3).

(2) In this regulation, “licence” includes a Northern Ireland licence(4) and a Community licence(5).

(3) In this regulation, “Community licence” does not include a document authorising the holder to drive a motor vehicle which was issued by a state before the date on which that state became a member State or the date on which that state became a party to the EEA agreement.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

16th March 2015