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Paragraph 1

Northern Ireland

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(1)

In this Schedule “test certificate” means a certificate or other document which by virtue of regulations under Article 5 of the Order of 1981 is evidence that a person has not more than 2 years previously passed a test of competence to drive prescribed by virtue of such regulations.

(2)

In this Schedule “prescribed conditions” means the prescribed conditions referred to in Article 13(3) of that Order (subject to which provisional licences are granted).

F1(2A)

In this Schedule “the appropriate person” has the same meaning as in Articles 4 and 5.

F2(3)

In this Schedule “licence” includes a Great Britain licence, “full licence” includes a full Great Britain licence and “provisional licence” includes a Great Britain provisional licence.

(4)

In relation to the holder of a Great Britain licence, the following sub-paragraphs have effect for the purposes of this Schedule.

(5)

References to a test certificate are references to a certificate or other document (in this Schedule referred to as a “Great Britain test certificate”) which is evidence that he has not more than two years previously passed a Great Britain test of competence to drive corresponding to the test mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).

(6)

References to prescribed conditions are references to conditions subject to which the Great Britain provisional licence was granted.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 para. 1(2A) inserted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3)(4), 16, Sch. 2 para. 25(a) (with art. 84); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F2

2003 NI 16

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)