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Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/588 · Made 11 December 1996

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 11th December 1996

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Coming into operation 25th January 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952f1 and now vested in mef2 I hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1952 c. 39; section 1 has effect with section 8 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1967 (c. 70)

f2

1973 c. 36; section 40 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 25th January 1997.

2Interpretation

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

3Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990

(1)

The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990f1 shall be amended as follows:

(2)

In Article 3 (visitors' driving permits)—

(a)

in paragraphs (2)(i), (3)(a) and (4)(a) after the words “an EEA State,” there shall be inserted “the Isle of Man or Jersey,”;

(b)

in paragraph (7)—

(i)

in the definition of “Convention driving permit” after the word “issued” in each place where it occurs, and in the definition of “domestic driving permit” after the words “issued under the law of that country”, there shall be inserted “to a person who has given proof of his competence to drive”; and

(ii)

in the definition of “domestic driving permit” after the words “a driving permit issued”, there shall be inserted “to such a person”.

(3)

In Article 4(1) (visiting forces' driving permits) the words “other than a large goods vehicle or a passenger-carrying vehicle” shall be omitted.

(4)

In Article 7(3) in sub-paragraph (i) of the definition of “Convention driving permit” after the words “in Schedule 1 issued”, and in sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of that definition, after the words “the Schedule issued”, there shall be inserted “to a person who has given proof of his competence to drive.”.

Signature

P. B. B. Mayhew

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

11th December 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order further amends the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990 as follows—

(1)

Visitors to Northern Ireland resident in the Isle of Man or Jersey who hold appropriate visitors' driving permits may drive in Northern Ireland large goods and passenger-carrying vehicles, whether or not those vehicles have been brought temporarily into Northern Ireland (Article 3(2)(a)).

(2)

The definitions of Convention driving permit and domestic driving permit are amended so that foreign provisional licences do not have the same validity as full driving licences (Article 3(2)(b) and (4)).

(3)

The provision allowing foreign military personnel to drive large buses and lorries is restored, having been removed by the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991 (S.R. 1991 No. 477) (Article 3(3)).