# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the principal Regulations”).
In accordance with Article 7(5)(a) of the Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th December 2006 on driving licences (O.J. L403, 30.12.2006, p. 18), regulation 2(2) inserts a new regulation 16B into the principal Regulations to prohibit a person from holding more than one Northern Ireland, Great Britain or Community driving licence.
Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 37(4) of the principal Regulations to ensure that a practical test pass certificate is treated as invalid if it has been furnished in error or there is an error in the details specified in it.
Regulation 2(4) amends regulation 37A of the principal Regulations to ensure that a special manoeuvres test pass certificate is treated as invalid if it has been furnished in error or there is an error in the details specified in it.
Regulation 2(5) substitutes Schedule 4A to the principal Regulations to reduce the fees payable for Theory Tests as follows—
(a) the fee for categories AM, A, A1, A2 and B is reduced from £30 to £25 from 29th May 2015 and further reduced to £23 from 1st October 2015;
(b) the fee for categories C, C1, D and D1 large vehicle test of driving theory is reduced from £35 to £28 from 29th May 2015 and further reduced to £26 from 1st October 2015;
(c) the fee for categories C, C1, D and D1 large vehicle test of hazard perception is reduced from £15 to £12 from 29th May 2015 and further reduced to £11 from 1st October 2015.
An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/242/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/note
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