{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-international-circulation-amendment-order-1980/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-international-circulation-amendment-order-1980/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1980/1095",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-international-circulation-amendment-order-1980",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "1 This Order amends the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975 to give effect to certain provisions of the Convention on Road Traffic of 1968 (Cmnd. 4032) which relate to the issue of international driving permits to persons going abroad and to licensing requirements for visiting drivers; and also to permit an increase in the fees payable for certain international circulation documents.\n2 The following are the principal changes introduced by the Order:\n(a) The Minister of Transport is empowered to issue for use outside the United Kingdom an international driving permit in the form specified in the Convention on Road Traffic 1968 (Article 3).\n(b) An international driving permit may be issued only to the holder of a valid driving licence (or a person authorised to drive when taking out a new licence), and where such a licence is a provisional licence the holder must have passed the required test of competence (Article 3).\n(c) The power of the Minister to carry out tests of competency and to delegate this function is removed (Article 4).\n(d) An international driving permit issued outside the United Kingdom in the form specified in the Convention on Road Traffic 1968 is recognised, subject to certain conditions, as authority to drive for a period of up to twelve months from the date of the last entry into the United Kingdom (Article 5(2)).\n(e) It is an offence to forge or misuse an international driving permit issued in Great Britain or Northern Ireland or to make a false statement for the purpose of obtaining such a permit (Article 8).\n(f) The fees for international driving permits and certificates for motor vehicles are increased from £1.50 to £2 (Article 10(1)).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1095/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:56:57.373533+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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