# Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 20: Amendment to regulation 55 (persons who become resident in Northern Ireland)


In paragraph (2) of regulation 55 of the principal Regulations, for sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) there shall be substituted—
“(a) Article 11 of the Offenders Order shall apply as if the references to a licence were references to a relevant permit and as if the words after paragraph (c) thereof were omitted;
(b) Article 29(1) and (2) of the Offenders Order shall apply as if the references to a licence were references to a relevant permit, but with the omission—
(i) of any reference to the counterpart of a licence,
(ii) in paragraph (1) of the words “and a court proposes to make an order disqualifying him or an order under Article 49,”, and
(iii) in paragraph (2) of the words “, unless he satisfies the court that he has applied for a new licence and has not received it”;
(c) Article 47(6) of the Offenders Order shall apply in relation to the holder of a relevant permit as if for the words from “endorsed on the counterpart of the licence” to the end there were substituted the words “notified to the Department”;
(d) Article 52(2) of the Offenders Order shall apply in relation to the holder of a relevant permit, only where the court has ordered him to be disqualified and as if for the words from “send the licence” to the end there were substituted the words “send the permit, on its being produced to the court, to the Department which shall keep the permit until the disqualification has expired or been removed or the person entitled to the permit leaves Northern Ireland and in any case has made a demand in writing for its return to him”;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/383/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-20
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