# The Motor Vehicles (Exchangeable Licences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) 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 Order as part of the test of competence to drive;
“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—
(a)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.
(2) 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) 1996.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/239/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-exchangeable-licences-order-northern-ireland-2022/article-2
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