Article 3 Designation of South AfricaI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to paragraph (3) below, the Republic of South Africa is designated under section 108(2)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as respects licences of the description specified in paragraph (2) below.

(2)

The licences referred to in paragraph (1) are licences–

(a)

which authorise the driving of a class of vehicles corresponding to a class of vehicles included in licensing category F1AM, B, B+E, F, K or Q or licensing sub-category A1, A2 or A3, and

(b)

which has been granted by the licensing authority in South Africa–

(i)

to a person who has passed a driving test in South Africa, or

(ii)

by way of exchange for a licence granted in the United Kingdom, an EEA State F2..., a province or territory of Canada or a country of territory named in the Schedule below.

(3)

A licence of a description specified in paragraph (2) above shall be exchangeable only in so far as it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission if it was granted to a person who passed a driving test, whether in South Africa or in a country or territory mentioned in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) above, in a vehicle with automatic transmission notwithstanding that the licence authorises the driving in South Africa of vehicles with manual transmission.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 3(2)(a) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/22), arts. 1(2), 4(1)(b)
F2: Words in art. 3(2)(b)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Driving Licences (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1251), regs. 1(2), 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1: Art. 3 in force at 2.7.1999, see art. 1