EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the Secretary of State to charge a fee of £5.50 for the issue of international driving permits under the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic (Cm 9570) in anticipation of that Convention coming into force for the United Kingdom on 28th March 2019.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

The 1968 Convention on Road Traffic was published on 7th February 2018 in the Miscellaneous Series of treaties on gov.uk as Miscellaneous Series No. 1 (2018).