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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-38.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/542",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Prescribed classes of goods and passenger-carrying vehicle",
  "text": "(1) All classes of motor vehicle included in categories C, C + E, D and D + E, except vehicles of classes included in sub-categories C1, C1 + E (8.25 tonnes), D1 (not for hire or reward) and D1 + E (not for hire or reward), are prescribed for the purposes of Article 6(5) of the Order.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), all classes of motor vehicle included in categories C, C + E, D and D + E, except vehicles of classes included in sub-categories C1 + E (8.25 tonnes), D1 (not for hire or reward) and D1 + E (not for hire or reward), are prescribed for the purposes of Article 15(1) and (2) of the Order.\n(3) In the case of a licence in force at a time before 1st January 1997, paragraph (2) shall apply as if “C1,” was inserted after “sub-categories”.\n(4) All classes of motor vehicle included in categories C, C + E, D and D + E, except vehicles of classes included in sub-categories C1 + E (8.25 tonnes), D1 (not for hire or reward) and D1 + E (not for hire or reward), are prescribed for the purposes of Article 15A(3) and (4) of the Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2012/170",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/542/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:19.925647+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."
}