{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-18A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-18A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/154",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/18A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18A",
  "heading": "Disqualification while disqualified in Great Britain, Isle of Man, Channel Islands or Gibraltar",
  "text": "(1) A person is disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle of any class so long as he is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland.\n(2) For the purposes of this Article a person is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland if, in respect of any offence—\n(a) a court in Great Britain disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a Great Britain licence,\n(b) a court in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a British external licence, or\n(c) a court in Gibraltar disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the law of Gibraltar.\n(3) A certificate signed by the Department which states, in respect of a person, any matter relating to the question whether he is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland shall be evidence of the matter so stated.\n(4) A certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2003 NI 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/154/article/18A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:26.616135+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}