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  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "heading": "Practical Test: Categories A and P",
  "text": "Test candidates must satisfy the examiner as to—\n(a) their ability to—\n(i) carry out properly the activities, and\n(ii) perform competently, without danger to and with due consideration for other road users, the manoeuvres\nspecified in paragraphs A to E in all respects in accordance with those paragraphs; and\n(b) their understanding of how to balance safely with a passenger.",
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