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The Motor Vehicles (Exchangeable Licences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule
Publication 2022-10-03
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
Department Government Printer for Northern Ireland
Source legislation.gov.uk
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Made: 3rd October 2022

Coming into operation: 31st October 2022

The Department for Infrastructure[^f00001], being satisfied that satisfactory provision is made by the laws of the territories specified in this Order as respects the granting of driving licences of the description specified in this Order, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 19D(2)(b), (2A), (2B) and 218 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00002] and now vested in it[^f00003].

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Exchangeable Licences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 31st October 2022.

Interpretation

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Designation of countries and territories

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to a person who has passed a driving test in any such State, country or territory.

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to a person who has passed a driving test in any such State, country or territory; or

to a person who has passed a driving test in any such State, country or territory.

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to a person who has passed a driving test in any such State, country or territory;

to a person who has passed a driving test in any such State, country or territory; or

to a person who has passed a driving test in any such State, country or territory.

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Revocation

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The Motor Vehicles (Exchangeable Licences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009[^f00006] is revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — Designation of countries and territories

Country or territory
Andorra
Australia
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
The provinces and territories of Canada
Falkland Islands
Hong Kong
Japan
New Zealand
Principality of Monaco
Singapore
South Africa
Switzerland
Zimbabwe
Country or territory
The Cayman Islands
The United Arab Emirates
Country or territory
The Faroe Islands
The Republic of Korea
The Republic of North Macedonia
Taiwan
Ukraine

SCHEDULE 2 — Other countries and territories from where a licence may have been exchanged

Guernsey

Isle of Man

Jersey

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 3rd October 2022

Chris Hughes — A senior officer of the Department for Infrastructure

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates countries and territories under Article 19D(2)(b), (2A) and (2B) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 as making satisfactory provision for the grant of certain classes of driving licences. This enables those driving licences to be exchanged for a corresponding Northern Ireland licence.

This Order revokes and replaces the Motor Vehicles (Exchangeable Licences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009 No. 302).

The designations in respect of the countries and territories specified in Table 1 (with the exception of Andorra) and of the Republic of Korea and of the Faroe Islands in Table 3 replace earlier designations in order to reflect changes to vehicle categories and sub-categories that took effect from 19th January 2013. Andorra is now designated to the same extent as those countries and territories specified in Table 1.

Article 4 and Table 2 designate the Cayman Islands and the United Arab Emirates in respect of licences which authorise the driving of cars, small goods vehicles, vehicle combinations up to 3500kg maximum authorised mass, smaller motorcycles, mopeds, tractors, pedestrian controlled vehicles and mowing machines. Those licences can be exchanged if the driving test was passed in any of those newly designated countries or territories or was granted by them in exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State, the United Kingdom, any other country or territory specified in Table 2, a country or territory specified in Table 1 or in a country or territory specified in Schedule 2, where the driving test was passed in that country, territory or State.

The Cayman Islands and the United Arab Emirates are also designated in respect of licences which authorise the driving of larger mopeds and smaller motorcycles which were granted in a country or territory specified in Table 3 by way of exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State, the United Kingdom, a country or territory specified in Table 1 or Table 2 or in a country or territory specified in Schedule 2, where the driving test for that category of vehicle was passed in that country, territory or State.

Article 5 and Table 3 designate the Republic of North Macedonia, Taiwan and Ukraine in respect of licences which authorise the driving of cars, small goods vehicles, vehicle combinations up to 3500kg maximum authorised mass, smaller mopeds, tractors, pedestrian controlled vehicles and mowing machines. Those licences can be exchanged if the driving test was passed in one of those newly designated countries or territories or was granted by them in exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State, the United Kingdom, any other country or territory specified in Table 3, a country or territory specified in Table 1 or Table 2 or in a country or territory specified in Schedule 2, where the driving test was passed in that country, territory or State.

The Republic of North Macedonia, Taiwan and Ukraine are also designated in respect of licences which authorise the driving of larger mopeds and motorcycles which were granted in a country or territory specified in Table 3 by way of exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State, the United Kingdom, a country or territory specified in Table 1 or in a country or territory specified in Schedule 2, where the driving test for that category of vehicle was passed in that country, territory or State.

The Republic of North Macedonia, Taiwan and Ukraine are also designated in respect of licences which authorise the driving of larger mopeds and smaller motorcycles which were granted in a country or territory specified in Table 3 by way of exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State, the United Kingdom, a country or territory specified in Table 2 or in a country or territory specified in Schedule 2, where the driving test for that category of vehicle was passed in that country, territory or State.

Article 6 designates Switzerland in respect of licences authorising the driving of large goods vehicles and large buses (with or without a trailer). Those licences can be exchanged if the driving test was passed in Switzerland or the licence was granted in exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State, Great Britain, Gibraltar or in a country or territory specified in Schedule 2, where the driving test was passed in that country, territory or State.

In the case of all of the above designations if the licence was granted to a person who has passed a driving test in a vehicle with automatic transmission the licence shall only be exchangeable to the extent that it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http//www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved

[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Article 19D(2), (2A) and (2B) were substituted by S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10), Article 35; see Article 19D(1) for the definitions of “EEA State”, “EEA Agreement”, “exchangeable licence” and EEA State exchangeable licence”. The definitions of “EEA State” and “EEA Agreement” were inserted by SR 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 12 and substituted by SR 2012 No. 170, regulation 2(7). The definition of “exchangeable licence” was substituted by SR 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 12 and by S.R 2007/916 (N.I. 10), Article 35. The definition of “EEA State exchangeable licence” was inserted by that Article

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