Introductory text
Northern Ireland
Road Traffic And Vehicles
Made 15th April 2026
Coming into operation- 1st June 2026
The Department for Infrastructuref1, being satisfied that satisfactory provision is made by the laws of the territories specified in this Order as respects the granting of driving licences of the description specified in this Order, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 19D(2)(b), (2A), and (2B) and 218 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f2 and now vested in itf3.
Annotations
Footnotes
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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
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S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Article 19D(2), (2A) and (2B) were substituted by S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10), Article 35; see Article 19D(1) for the definitions of “EEA State”, “EEA Agreement”, “exchangeable licence” and EEA State exchangeable licence”. The definitions of “EEA State” and “EEA Agreement” were inserted by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 12 and substituted by S.R. 2012 No. 170, regulation 2(7). The definition of “exchangeable licence” was substituted by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 12 and by S.R. 2007/916 (N.I. 10), Article 35. The definition of “EEA State exchangeable licence” was inserted by that Article
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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)