Article 2 InterpretationI1
Northern Ireland
In this Order—
“the Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;
“driving test” means a test corresponding to the practical test of driving skills and behaviour prescribed under Article 5 of the Orderf1 as part of the test of competence to drive;
F1“Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4” mean the Tables in Schedule 1 bearing those numbers;
“vehicles with automatic transmission” means vehicles in which either—
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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
- (b)
the driver 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 type of vehicle.
- (a)
A reference to a licensing category or licensing sub-category is a reference to the category or sub-category, as the case may be, identified by the same letter or combination of letters or the same letter and number in the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f2.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.6.2026) by The Motor Vehicles (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/79), arts. 1, 2(2)
Commencement
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Art. 2 in operation at 31.10.2022, see art. 1
Footnotes
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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
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S.R. 1996 No. 542; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2012 No. 170, S.R. 2012 No. 451 and S.R. 2013 No. 298