Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/154/part/II/crossheading/granting-of-licences-their-form-and-duration
Timestamp: 2020-01-20 07:17:19
Document Index: 204807765

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 13', 'Art. 13', 'art. 2', 'Art. 13', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'art. 2', 'art. 15', 'art. 15', 'Art. 15', 'Art. 15', 'Art. 15', 'art. 2', 'art. 15', 'art. 2', 'Art. 15']

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Granting of licences, their form and duration
23/02/2015- Amendment
Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Cross Heading: Granting of licences, their form and duration is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 20 January 2020. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes and effects yet to be applied to Part II Crossheading Granting-of-licences-their-form-and-duration:
art. 13 cross-heading word added by 2016 c. 11 (N.I.) s. 18(1)(b)
Granting of licences, their form and durationN.I.
[F21Residence requirementN.I.
13A—(1) For the purposes of an application under Article 13, a person meets the relevant residence requirement if, on the date the application is made—
[F22(d)in any other case, the applicant is lawfully resident in the United Kingdom and—
(i)is also normally resident in Northern Ireland, or
(ii)has been attending a course of study in Northern Ireland during the period of 6 months ending on that date.]
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a person is not lawfully resident in Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom if the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it.]
F21Art. 13A inserted (14.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 46(4), 75(3); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 2(d)
F22Art. 13A(1)(d) substituted (23.2.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/6), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
14.—[F23(1) A licence shall be in the form of a photocard of a description specified by the Department or such other form as it may specify and—
(c)in the case of a provisional licence, the licence or its counterpart shall specify (in such manner as the Department may determine) the conditions subject to which it is granted.]
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), a person who holds a licence which authorises its holder to drive motor vehicles of certain classes only (not being—
(a)a provisional licence, or
(b)any other prescribed description of licence);
may drive motor vehicles of all other classes subject to the same conditions as if he were authorised by a provisional licence to drive motor vehicles of those other classes.
[F24(3) A licence shall not by virtue of paragraph (2) authorise a person to drive—
(a)a vehicle of a class for the driving of which he could not, by reason of Article 17, lawfully hold a licence; or
(b)unless he has passed a test of competence to drive a motor bicycle or moped on a road in circumstances in which, by virtue of Article 13(3)(e), a provisional licence would not authorise him to drive it before he had passed that test.]
(4) In such cases or as respects such classes of vehicles as the Department may prescribe, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply or shall apply subject to such limitations as it may prescribe.
(5) Paragraph (2) does not authorise a person on whom a notice under Article 9(5)(b) has been served to drive motor vehicles otherwise than in accordance with the limits specified in the notice.
(6) F25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F23SR 2002/374
F24Art. 14(3) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/170), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
F25Art. 14(6) 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.
15.—(1) In so far as a licence authorises its holder to drive motor vehicles of classes other than any prescribed class of goods vehicle or any prescribed class of passenger-carrying vehicle, it shall, unless revoked or surrendered and subject to paragraph (3), remain in force—
(a)for a period of 10 years;
(b)where the applicant is aged over 60 years, for a period ending on the seventieth anniversary of the applicant's birth or for a period of 3 years, whichever is the longer; or
(c)if the Department so determines in the case of a licence granted to a person appearing to be suffering from a relevant or prospective disability for a period of not more than 3 years and not less than one year as the Department may determine;
and any such period shall begin with the date on which the licence is expressed to come into force.
(2) In so far as a licence authorises its holder to drive any prescribed class of goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle, it shall, unless previously revoked, suspended or surrendered, remain in force—
(a)except in a case falling within any of the following sub-paragraphs, for a period of [F265 years] or for a period ending on the [F27sixty-sixth] anniversary of the applicant's date of birth, whichever is the shorter,
(c)except in a case falling within sub-paragraph (e), where the applicant's age at that date will exceed 65 years, for a period of one year,
(d)except in a case falling within sub-paragraph (c) or (e), if the Department so determines in the case of a licence to be granted to a person appearing to it to be suffering from a relevant or prospective disability, for such period of not more than 3 years and not less than one year as the Department may determine, and
(e)in the case of a licence granted in exchange for a subsisting licence and in pursuance of an application requesting a licence for the period authorised by this sub-paragraph, for a period equal to the remainder of that for which the subsisting licence was granted,
F29(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) To the extent that a provisional licence authorises the driving of a motor[F30 bicycle][F31 or moped] of a prescribed class it shall, unless previously surrendered or revoked, remain in force—
(i)for the remainder of the period for which the previous licence would have authorised the driving of such a motor[F30 bicycle][F31 or moped], or
(5) Where it appears to the Department—
(a)that a licence granted by it to any person was granted in error or with an error or omission in the particulars specified in the licence, or
(b)that the counterpart of a licence granted by it to any person is required to be endorsed in pursuance of any statutory provision or was issued with an error or omission in the particulars specified in the counterpart or required to be endorsed on it, or
(c)that the particulars specified in a licence granted by the Department to any person or in its counterpart do not comply with any requirement imposed since the licence was granted by any provision made by or having effect under any enactment,
the Department may serve notice in writing on that person revoking the licence and requiring him to surrender the licence and its counterpart forthwith to the Department and it shall be the duty of that person to comply with the requirement.
[F32(5ZA) Where it appears to the Department that a licence holder is not lawfully resident in the United Kingdom, the Department may serve notice in writing on that person revoking the licence and requiring the person to surrender the licence and its counterpart forthwith to the Department, and it is the duty of that person to comply with the requirement.
(5ZB) For the purposes of paragraph (5ZA) a person is not lawfully resident in the United Kingdom if the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it.]
[F33(5A) Where—
the Department must serve notice in writing on that person revoking the licence granted under this Part.]
(6) Where the name or address of the licence holder as specified in a licence ceases to be correct, its holder must forthwith surrender the licence and its counterpart to the DepartmentF31. . . .
(7) A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with the duty under paragraph (5) [F34, (5ZA)] or (6) is guilty of an offence under this Order.
[F35(7A) Where a person who has a duty under this Article to surrender his licence and its counterpart is not in possession of them in consequence of the fact that he has surrendered them to a constable or authorised person (within the meaning of Part IV of the Offenders Order) on receiving a fixed penalty notice given to him under Article 60 of that Order he does not fail to comply with that duty if he surrenders the licence and its counterpart to the Department immediately on their return.]
[F31(8) On the surrender of a licence and its counterpart by a person in pursuance of paragraph (5) or (6), the Department must (subject to the following provisions of this Article) grant a new licence to that person and any licence granted under this paragraph shall be granted free of charge.
(8A) Where the surrendered licence was revoked—
(a)because it was granted in error or in consequence of an error or omission appearing to the Department to be attributable to the fault of the licence holder; or
(b)in consequence of a current disqualification,
paragraph (8) shall not apply but the Department may, if the person is not currently disqualified, grant a new licence to that person on payment of the fee (if any) which is prescribed.
[F36(8AA) The Department may not grant a new licence to a person under paragraph (8) or (8A) unless, on the date on which the licence is granted, the person is lawfully resident in the United Kingdom and—
(a)is also normally resident in Northern Ireland, or
(b)has been attending a course of study in Northern Ireland during the period of 6 months ending on that date.
(8AB) For the purposes of paragraph (8AA) a person is not lawfully resident in the United Kingdom if the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it.]
(8B) The Department may require a person to provide—
before granting a new licence to him under paragraph (8) or (8A).
(9) A replacement licence granted pursuant to paragraph (8) or (8A) shall expire on the date on which the surrendered licence would have expired had it not been surrendered except that, where the period for which the surrendered licence was granted was based on an error with respect to the licence holder's date of birth such that (if that error had not been made) that licence would have been expressed to expire on a different date, the replacement licence shall expire on that different date.]
F26Words in art. 15(2)(a) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/170), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(i) (with reg. 4)
F27Word in art. 15(2)(a) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/170), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(i)
F28Art. 15(2)(b) omitted (19.1.2013) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/170), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(ii)
F29Art. 15(3) omitted (19.1.2013) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/170), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b)
F30SR 1996/426
F31SR 2002/374
F32Art. 15(5ZA)(5ZB) inserted (14.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 47(3)(a), 75(3); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 2(e)
F332003 NI 16
F34Word in art. 15(7) inserted (14.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 47(3)(b), 75(3); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 2(e)
F351996 NI 10
F36Art. 15(8AA)-(8AB) inserted (23.2.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/6), regs. 1(1), 2(3)