Article 2 InterpretationI1

Northern Ireland

In this Order—

(a)

“driving test” means a test corresponding to the practical test of driving skills and behaviour prescribed under Article 5 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f1 as part of the test of competence to drive;

(b)

“Table 1” and “Table 2” mean the Tables bearing those numbers in Schedule 1;

(c)

“vehicle with automatic transmission” means a vehicle in which either—

(i)

the driver is not provided with any means whereby he may vary the gear ratio between the engine and the road wheels independently of the accelerator and the brakes, or

(ii)

he is provided with such means but they do not include a clutch pedal or lever which he may operate manually,

(and accordingly, a vehicle with manual transmission is any other class of vehicle); and

(d)

a reference to a licensing category is a reference to the category identified by the same letter or combination of letters in Schedule 1 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f2 and a reference to a class of motor vehicle shall include a reference to a subdivision of such a class.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in operation at 12.10.2009, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Article 5 was substituted by S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), Schedule 1 and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 2, S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), Schedule 3, paragraph 3 and S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10), Articles 31, 32 and 44
f2: S.R. 1996 No. 542 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order