{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/358",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 as follows—\n(a) A person supervising the holder of a provisional licence to drive large goods or passenger-carrying vehicles is required to have held a driving licence for a total period of not less than 3 years and to have held continuously since 1st November 1998 a licence to drive the class of vehicle in which he is travelling (regulation 2).\n(b) A vehicle provided by a person taking a practical test for a full category B licence is, subject to certain exceptions, required to be fitted with satisfactory seat belts, head restraints and a rear view mirror for the examiner (regulation 4).\n(c) The minimum duration of practical or unitary tests for vehicles in categories A, B, F, G, H, K and P is extended from 25 to 30 minutes (regulation 5).\n(d) The criteria under which a person suffering from insulin-treated diabetes may be granted a licence to drive vehicles in sub-category C1 are altered (regulation 6).\n(e) A new Schedule of driving test fees is introduced, in which there are the following changes from the previous Schedule—\n(i) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in categories A, A1, B1 (other than B1 invalid carriages) and P is increased from £38·00 to £42·50 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £48·50 to £53·50 for a test commencing out of hours,\n(ii) the fee for a test, other than an extended test, for vehicles in categories B, F, G, H and K is increased from £27·00 to £32·00 for a test commencing during normal hours and from £38·50 to £43·00 for a test commencing out of hours,\n(iii) the fee for an extended test during normal hours for a vehicle in category A is increased from £76·00 to £85·00, and\n(iv) the fee for an extended test during normal hours for a vehicle in category B is increased from £54·00 to £64·00 (regulation 7 and Schedule 1).\n(f) The syllabuses for theory tests prescribed for categories C and D are extended to include a wider range of matters (regulation 8 and Schedule 2).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/358/note",
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  "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."
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