Title and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on such day as the Head of the Department may by order appoint.
(3) Subject to paragraphs 1 and 8 of Schedule 2, nothing in any provision of this Order applies to a person who becomes a qualified driver before the day on which the provision comes into operation.