{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Drivers of motor vehicles to have driving licences",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence under this Order for a person to drive on a road a motor vehicle of any class otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of that class.\n(2) It is an offence under this Order for a person to cause or permit another person to drive on a road a motor vehicle of any class otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising that other person to drive a motor vehicle of that class.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) substituted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 30(a); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(2) substituted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 30(b); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 3(3) repealed (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 86(2), Sch. 8 Pt. I; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/154/article/3",
    "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."
}