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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

S.R. 2026/118 · Made 18 June 2026 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 18th June 2026

Coming into operation 1st August 2026

The Department for Infrastructuref1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 9(2) and (4)(b), and 218(1) 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. 1)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment was dissolved

f2

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”; Article 9 was substituted by Article 3 and Schedule 1 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) and paragraph (2) was amended by paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 1996 No. 426

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
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2026.

2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) RegulationsI1

In regulation 51 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 (disabilities prescribed in respect of Group 2 licences)—

(a)

in paragraph (6B)(a), for “blood glucose monitoring” substitute “appropriate monitoring to assess glucose levels and any risk of hypoglycaemia”; and

(b)

in paragraph (6C)(b), for the words from “a device” to “blood” substitute “an appropriate device that measures and records”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 18th June 2026

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 to allow holders of Group 2 licences (bus and lorry drivers) who have diabetes to use any appropriate glucose monitoring system to monitor their glucose levels instead of blood glucose testing.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Driving, Vehicle and Road Safety Policy Division, Department for Infrastructure, James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, Belfast BT7 2JA or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.