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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

S.R. 2024/22 · Made 27 February 2024 · Extends to Northern Ireland

Up to date with all changes known to legislation.gov.uk, revised to 25 March 2024.

Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 27th February 2024

Coming into operation 25th March 2024

The Department for Infrastructuref1 makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 4(7), 19C(1), (1A)(a) and (f) and (2) and 218 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f2 and now vested in itf3.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved

f2

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Article 19C was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) and amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to S.R. 1996 No. 426, paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1997 No. 241, paragraph 8 of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 374, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2003/2903 (N.I. 16) and Article 34 of S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)

f3

See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland)
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 25th March 2024.

2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland)I1

After regulation 55 (persons who become resident in Northern Ireland) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f1, insert—

“Modification of regulation 55: Appendix Ukraine Scheme

55ZA.
(1)

This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a)

has entry clearance or permission to stay under the Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the Immigration Rulesf2, and

(b)

is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 55(3) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2)

Where this regulation applies, regulation 55(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Northern Ireland were to the period of three years after that person becomes resident.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 27th February 2024

L.S.

Chris Hughes

A senior officer of the

Department for Infrastructure

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 542) (“The 1996 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends the 1996 Regulations to insert a new regulation 55ZA. The new regulation provides that individuals who have entry clearance or permission to stay under the Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the Immigration Rules (Ukraine Family Scheme, Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, and Ukraine Extension Scheme), and are holders of licences issued in Ukraine authorising the driving of a vehicle of a class included in category A (motorcycle) and category B (car), are authorised to drive such vehicles on their Ukrainian driving licence in Northern Ireland for up to three years after becoming resident.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.