{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/driving-licences-exchangeable-licences-order-1985/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/driving-licences-exchangeable-licences-order-1985/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/driving-licences-exchangeable-licences-order-1985",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 17th January 1985\nComing into Operation 2nd February 1985\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, being satisfied that satisfactory provision for the granting of licences to drive motor vehicles is made by the law of the countries and the territory specified in Article 2 of this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 110(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "sections 84, 85, 110, 88, 115 and 124 were amended by S.I. 1982/1555 and by the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Act 1983 (c. 43)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/65/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:23:43.630549+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}