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Article 2 Interpretation

(1)

Subject to Article 12(1), the 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

  • F1“full Great Britain licence” means a Great Britain licence other than a Great Britain provisional licence,

  • “Great Britain provisional licence” means a Great Britain licence which corresponds to a provisional licence.

  • “notice” means notice in writing;

  • “the Offenders Order” means the 1996 NI 10. Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

  • “the Order of 1981” means the 1981 NI 1. Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;

  • “probationary period” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3(1);

  • “qualified driver” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3(2);

  • “the Road Traffic Orders” means the Order of 1981, the 1995 NI 18. Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and the Offenders Order.

(3)

Expressions used in this Order which are also used in Part II of the Order of 1981 shall be construed in the same way as in that Order.

(4)

Expressions used in this Order which are also used in the Offenders Order shall be construed in the same way as in that Order.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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2003 NI 16

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

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Order: functions transferred from Lord Chancellor to Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(1), Sch. 17 para. 48 (with arts. 15(6), 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)