Article 2 Designation of the Republic of Moldova

(1)

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

(2)

The licences specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are licences which—

(a)

authorise the driving of the class of vehicle included in licensing category B, and

(b)

have been granted by the licensing authority in the Republic of Moldova—

(i)

to a person who has passed a driving test in the Republic of Moldova in respect of the class of vehicle included in licensing category B, or

(ii)

in exchange for a licence granted in—

(aa)

the United Kingdom to a person who has passed a driving test in the United Kingdom in respect of the class of vehicle included in licensing category B, or

(bb)

an EEA State or a country or territory named in the Schedule to a person who has passed a driving test in such a State, country or territory, as the case may be, in respect of the class of vehicle included in licensing category B.

(3)

A licence of a description specified in paragraph (2) 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 the Republic of Moldova or in a State, country or territory named in paragraph (2)(b)(ii), in a vehicle with automatic transmission, notwithstanding that the licence authorises the driving in the Republic of Moldova of vehicles with manual transmission.

(4)

In this article—

“driving test” means a test corresponding to the practical test of driving skills and behaviour prescribed under section 89(3)^f1 and (4)^f2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as part of the test of competence to drive;
“licensing category B” means the licensing category identified as category B, in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999^f3;
“vehicle with automatic transmission” means a vehicle in which the person driving the vehicle is either—
1. (a)
  
  not provided with any means whereby that person may vary the gear ratio between the engine and the road wheels independently of the accelerator and the brakes, or
2. (b)
  
  provided with such means but they do not include a clutch pedal or lever which they may operate manually.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 89(3) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 63 and the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), section 36(1) and (2)(a), (b) and (c).
f2: Section 89(4) was amended by the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), section 36(1) and (3)(a), (b), (c) and (d), the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), Schedule 9, paragraph 63(c), and S.I. 1996/1974.
f3: S.I. 1999/2864; Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 2012/977, S.I. 2014/613, S.I. 2020/663 and S.I. 2021/1450. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.