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Section 109 Provisions as to Northern Ireland drivers’ licences.

England, Wales and Scotland

C1(1)

The holder of a F1Northern Ireland driving licence may drive, and a person may cause or permit the holder of such a licence to drive, in Great Britain, F2in accordance with that licence, a motor vehicle of any class which he is authorised by that licence to drive, and which he is not disqualified from driving under this Part F3or Part IV of this Act, notwithstanding that he is not the holder of a licence under this Part of this Act.

F4(2)

For the purposes of this Act, any driver holding a Northern Ireland licence shall be under the same obligation to produce such a licence as if it had been a licence granted under this Part of this Act, and the provisions of this Act as to the production of licences granted under this Part of this Act shall apply accordingly.

(3)

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(4)

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(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words substituted by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 16(a)(i)

F2

Words in s. 109(1) inserted (11.10.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), ss. 91(1), 94, Sch. 5 para. 26(a); S.I. 2004/2624, art. 2(2)(b)

F3

Words inserted by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 16(a)(ii)

F4

S. 109(2) substituted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 15; S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)

F5

S. 109(3)-(5) repealed (11.10.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), ss. 91, 94, Sch. 5 para. 26(c), Sch. 6; S.I. 2004/2624, art. 2(2)(b)(c)

Modifications

C1

S. 109(1) applied (24.6.2026) by 1992 c. 5, Sch. 3ZB para. 9(1) (as inserted by Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 (c. 28), s. 109(1), Sch. 6 (with s. 105); S.I. 2026/601, reg. 2(1)(h))

Notes on Part III

Modifications

C1

Pt. III (ss. 87–109) excluded by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53, SIF 107:1), s. 37(3)

C2

Pt. III (ss. 87–109) restricted (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 1(6), Sch. 1 para. 6(5)

Pt. III (ss. 87-109) restricted (1.6.1997) by 1995 c. 13, ss. 4(1), 6, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 6(1), Pt. IV para. 9(1) (with ss. 8, 10(3)); S.I. 1997/267, art. 2(2)

Pt. III (ss. 87-109) extended (1.6.1997) by 1995 c. 13, s. 5(7) (with ss. 8, 10(3)); S.I. 1997/267, art. 2(2)

Pt. III (ss. 87-109) applied (1.6.1997) by 1995 c. 13, s. 9(1) (with ss. 8, 10(3)); S.I. 1997/267, art. 2(2)

C3

Pt. 3 excluded by 1988 c. 53, s. 37(4) (as added (4.1.2016) by The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 and Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/2004), reg. 2(2))