Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.
(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1964 to 1980 shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1964 to 1981.
(3) In these Regulations—
"the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1964 ( S.I. No. 29 of 1964 );
"the Regulations of 1966" means the Road Traffice (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 47 of 1966 );
"the Regulations of 1969" means the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1969 );
"the Regulations of 1973" means the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 120 of 1973 );
"the Regulations of 1979" means the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 337 of 1979 ).
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1981.
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paragraphs: The following article is hereby substituted for article 6 of the Principal Regulations (as amended by article 5 of the Regulations of 1969)—
"6. Vehicles shall be divided, for the purposes of Part III of the Act, into the classes set out in Column 1 of the following Table and the vehicles of a class shall be those set out in Column 2 of the said Table opposite the mention in Column 1 of that class.
TABLE
Column 1
Column 2
Class A
Motor bicycles, with or without a side car.
Class B
Tractors used in connection with agriculture and work vehicles.
Class C
Vehicles (other than vehicles of Class A and Class B and the drawing components of articulated vehicles) not exceeding 2 tons in weight unladen and having passenger accommodation for not more than 8 persons.
Class D
Vehicles (other than vehicles of Class B, Class E and Class H) exceeding 2 tons in weight unladen, the drawing components of articulated vehicles and vehicles having passenger accommodation for more than 8 persons.
Class E
Vehicles having passenger accommodation for more than 8 persons in use for the carriage of passengers for reward.
Class F
Vehicles of Class A, Class B and Class C specially constructed or adapted for use and used by persons suffering from a physical disability.
Class G
Vehicles of Class A, the engines of which do not exceed 150 c.c. in cylinder capacity, used by persons under 18 years of age.
Class H
Articulated vehicles.
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paragraphs: The following article is hereby substituted for article 8 of the Principal Regulations (as amended by article 4 of the Regulations of 1973)—
"8. The age set out in Column 2 of the following Table opposite the mention of a class in Column 1 of the said Table shall be the age below which a person shall be disqualified for holding a driving licence or a provisional licence in respect of vehicles of that class.
TABLE
Column 1
Column 2
Class A
18 years
Class B ... ... ... ...
17 years
Class C ... ... ... ...
17 years
Class D ... ... ... ...
18 years
Class E ... ... ... ...
21 years
Class F ... ... ... ...
17 years
Class H ... ... ... ...
18 years
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paragraphs: Article 15 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by
( a ) the substitution for sub-article (2) of that article of the following sub-article—
"(2) Unless an application for a driving licence is accompanied by a certificate of fitness in pursuance of paragraph (f) of sub-article (4) of this article, or is accompanied by a medical certificate in pursuance of paragraph (g) of sub-article (4) of this article, or the applicant is a person to whom sub-article (5) of this article applies, the application shall contain a declaration by the applicant that to the best of his knowledge and belief he is not suffering from any disease or physical or mental disability which would be likely to cause the driving of a vehicle by him in a public place to be a source of danger to the public."
and
( b ) the insertion in sub-article (4) of that article after paragraph (f) of the following paragraph—