# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864) (“1999 Regulations”).
Regulation 3 amends the 1999 Regulations to insert the relevant definitions in relation to these amendments.
Regulation 4 amends regulation 80A of the 1999 Regulations to permit a holder of a permit to drive a motor bicycle, moped and category B (car) under the law of Ukraine (“a relevant Ukrainian driving licence”) who has Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave but who has not applied for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave to drive in Great Britain for three years after they become resident in Great Britain.
Regulations 5 and 6 insert two new regulations 80AA and 80AB to provide for two alternative scenarios in which holders of a relevant Ukrainian driving licence who have or had Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave are permitted to drive in Great Britain for four years and six months or three years after they become resident in Great Britain, depending on which scenario they fall into.
Regulations 7 and 8 provide for an arrangement similar to that in regulations 4 to 6 for holders of a relevant Ukrainian driving licence who applied for Ukraine Extension Scheme leave. However, for those holders of Ukraine Extension Scheme leave who applied for a Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave, only those who had become resident in Great Britain on or after 3rd March 2022 will fall within the scope of the permission to drive in Great Britain under these two regulations.
Regulations 9 and 10 provide for a similar arrangement for holders of a relevant Ukrainian driving licence who applied for Ukraine Family Scheme leave.
The Appendix Ukraine Scheme was inserted into the Immigration Rules by the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 29 March 2022 (HC 1220, 29 March 2022) and has been subsequently amended.
A 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. Instead a de minimis assessment has been prepared as this instrument is likely to entail some costs for businesses, but the net impact is estimated to be below £10 million per year.
The de minimis assessment is published alongside the Explanatory Memorandum to these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/138/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2025/note
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