# Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 16: Lost or defaced licences


(1) If the holder of a licence—
(a) satisfies the Department that—
(i) the licence or its counterpart has been lost or defaced; and
(ii) the holder is entitled to continue to hold the licence; and
(b) pays the fee prescribed by regulation 10,
the Department shall, on surrender of any licence or counterpart that has not been lost, issue to him a licence in place of the licence or its counterpart and shall endorse upon the counterpart any particulars endorsed upon the original licence or counterpart, as the case may be, and the replacement so issued shall have the same effect as the originals.
(2) If at any time while a replacement licence is in force the original licence is found, the person to whom the original licence was issued, if it is in his possession, shall return it to the Department, of if it is not in his possession, but he becomes aware that it is found, shall take all reasonable steps to take possession of it and if successful shall return it as soon as may be practicable to the Department.
(3) The obligation in paragraph (2) shall apply in respect of the counterpart of a licence as if for the words “original licence” in each place where they occur there were substituted the words “original counterpart”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/542/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-16
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