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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/381",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2024",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864) (“the 1999 Regulations”).\nRegulation 3 amends the 1999 Regulations to insert a new regulation 80B.\nThe new regulation 80B applies to individuals who become resident in Great Britain and who are holders of an EEA licence which had been issued in exchange for a licence or a Northern Ireland licence that was issued on or after 1st January 2021 authorising the driving of any class of motor vehicle. These individuals are authorised, after becoming resident, to rely on their EEA licence to drive in Great Britain any class of motor vehicle as authorised by their EEA licence, for as long as they are authorised to do so by their EEA licence.\nThe new regulation 80B(6) also applies references in existing legislation to Community licences, and the holder of a Community licence to those individuals who are in scope of that regulation.\nA full Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it is not expected to have significant impact on the private, public or voluntary sectors.\nAn Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside these Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/381/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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