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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/14",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of theory test",
  "text": "After regulation 2 insert—\n“Meaning of theory test\n2A. (1) In these Regulations “theory test” means—\n(a) where a test is to be conducted, by virtue of regulation 29(2), in two parts, the part, described in regulation 29(2)(a), which consists of the standard test of driving theory and the standard test of hazard perception;\n(b) where a test is to be conducted, by virtue of regulation 29(3), in three parts, the part, described in regulation 29(3)(a), which consists of the standard test of driving theory and the standard test of hazard perception; or\n(c) where a test is to be conducted, by virtue of regulation 29(4), in three parts, the parts, described in regulation 29(4)(a) and (b), which consist of the large vehicle test of driving theory and the large vehicle test of hazard perception.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a theory test includes such a test conducted as part of an extended driving test.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/14/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:33:33.609934+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."
}