Article 3 Probationary period for newly qualified drivers

(1)

For the purposes of this Order, a person's probationary period is, subject to Article 9, the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which he becomes a qualified driver.

(2)

For the purposes of this Order, a person becomes a qualified driver on the first occasion on which he passes—

(a)

any test of competence to drive mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (c) of Article 5(1) of the Order of 1981;

(b)

any test of competence to drive conducted under the law of—

(i)

F1an EEA State;

(ii)

the Isle of Man;

(iii)

any of the Channel Islands; or

(iv)

Gibraltar.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in art. 3(2)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Driving Licences (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/194), regs. 1(1), 5(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Art. 3(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Driving Licences (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/194), regs. 1(1), 5(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: 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)