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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/64",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the principal Regulations”).\nRegulation 2 amends regulation 31 of the principal Regulations by –\n(a) removing the exemption for category B licence holders from the requirement to pass a theory test if they apply for a licence for category A vehicles.\n(b) removing the exemption for full category P licence holders from the requirement to pass a theory test if they apply for a licence for category B vehicles.\n(c) removing the exemption for full category A licence holders from the requirement to pass a theory test if they apply for a licence for category B vehicles.\nRegulation 3 removes the automatic entitlement for a holder of a category A licence to drive a category B1 vehicle and corrects a drafting error.\nRegulations 4, 5 and 6 amend the principal Regulations by –\n(a) correcting an inaccuracy regarding the height of figures and letters on registration plates in relation to the eyesight test, and\n(b) providing for a shortened distance for the eyesight test where the registration plate has the new reduced character width.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/64/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:43.782113+00:00"
  },
  "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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