Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/154/part/II/crossheading/tests
Timestamp: 2020-01-18 06:15:14
Document Index: 243537018

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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Tests
Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Cross Heading: Tests is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 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 Tests:
TestsN.I.
Tests of competence to driveN.I.
5.—(1) A licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of any class shall not be granted to any person unless he [F1F2... satisfies the Department][F3 (or, in the case of a test of competence passed under paragraph (a)(i) after a prescribed day, the Department is satisfied in such manner as may be prescribed)]
[F4(a)that he has passed–
(c)that at some time during the period of 2 years ending with the date the application is made he has passed a test of competence to drive vehicles of that or a corresponding classF1. . . for the purpose of obtaining a British forces licence; or
(e)that at some time during the period of 2 years ending with the date the application is made he has passed a test of competence to drive vehicles of that or a corresponding class conducted under the lawF1. . . of GibraltarF1. . . ; or
[F1(ea)that either at the time of the application for the licence he holds a Community licence authorising the driving of vehicles of that or a corresponding class or at any time he has held such a Community licence; or]
[F1(f)that, at the time of the application for the licence, he holds an exchangeable licence authorising the driving of vehicles of that or a corresponding class.]
F5(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F1(a)a licence which has been revoked under Article 15(5) or under any corresponding provision of—
[F6(2A) Except as provided under paragraph (5A), no person submitting himself for a test of competence to drive a motor[F7 bicycle] shall be permitted to take the test unless he furnishes the prescribed certificate of completion by him of an approved training course for motor cyclists either with his application for an appointment for a test or to the person who is to conduct the test.]
(a)the nature of tests of competence to drive for the purposes of this Article[F8 and Article 41 of the Offenders Order (disqualification)],[F9 and the administrative arrangements for submitting for such tests,]
(b)the qualifications, selection and appointment of persons by whom they may be conducted [F10 conditions which must be satisfied during the currency of an appointment, the charging of reasonable fees in respect of applications for appointment or appointments or in connection with any examination or assessment which may be required before appointment or during the currency of any appointment] and the revocation of an appointment,
[F11(ba)the duty of a person submitting himself for a test to produce, and in prescribed circumstances surrender, any licence previously granted to him,]
(a)for requiring a person submitting himself for a test to provide [F12a safe and suitable vehicle] for the purposes of the test [F13and for requiring that, if the vehicle is a vehicle of a prescribed description, it has been certified in the prescribed manner after a prescribed inspection as satisfying such requirements as may be prescribed,]
[F1(aa)for requiring a person submitting himself for a test to have been [F14normally and lawfully resident in Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom (within the meaning of Article 13A)] for such period ending on the date of his appointment for the test as may be prescribed,]
[F15(b)or the charging (whether on the making of an appointment for a test or otherwise) of reasonable fees for or in connection with the test and any inspection of a vehicle required by regulations under paragraph (a) in relation to the test,]
(a)any provision that could be made for a test not consisting of separate parts, F16. . .
[F17(5ZA) Regulations under paragraph (3)(b) may in particular provide–
[F18(5A) Regulations may prescribe cases in which persons are exempt from the requirement imposed by paragraph (2A); and the regulations may—
(d)regulate applications for, and the issue and form of, certificates evidencing a person's exemption from that requirement.]
(a)vehicles of all classes included in the group[F1 (except where regulations otherwise provide),] and
(9) For the purposes of this Article and Article 4(1), an exchangeable licence issued in respect of aF1. . . country or territory shall not be treated as authorising a person to drive a vehicle of any class if—
(a)vehicles of all classes designated by regulations as a group for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), if[F1 (except where regulations otherwise provide)] at the time the test was passed it authorised the granting of a licence to drive vehicles of any class included in the group, or of any class corresponding to a class included in the group, and
(11) A full Great Britain licence, a full British external licence, a full British forces licence[F1, a Community licence] or an exchangeable licence shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b)(ii), (d)[F1,(ea)] or (f) (as the case may be) of paragraph (1) as authorising the driving of—
(a)[F1(except where regulations otherwise provide)] vehicles of all classes designated by regulations as a group for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), if the licence authorises the driving of vehicles of any class included in the group, or any class corresponding to a class included in the group, and
F2Words in art. 5(1) omitted (14.7.2014) by virtue of Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 62(a); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 2(g)
F3Words in art. 5(1) inserted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 31; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F4Art. 5(1)(a) substituted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 32; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F5Art. 5(1A) omitted (14.7.2014) by virtue of Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 62(b); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 2(g)
F6Art. 5(2A) inserted (21.2.2011) by Road Traffic (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3)), arts. 1(2), 7(2)(a) (as amended by S.R. 1996/426, reg. 4, Sch. 2 para. 3(2)); S.R. 2011/19, art. 2
F7SR 1996/426
F9Words in art. 5(3)(a) inserted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(1)(a); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F10Words in art. 5(3)(b) inserted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(1)(b); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F11Art. 5(3)(ba) inserted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(1)(c); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F12Words in art. 5(4)(a) substituted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(2)(a); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F13Words in art. 5(4)(a) substituted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(2)(b); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F14Words in art. 5(4)(aa) substituted (14.7.2014) by virtue of Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 62(c); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 2(g)
F15Art. 5(4)(b) substituted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(2)(c); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F16Art. 5(5)(b) and preceding word repealed (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(3), 86(2), Sch. 8 Pt. I; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F17Art. 5(5ZA) inserted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(4); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F18Art. 5(5A) inserted (21.2.2011) by Road Traffic (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3)), arts. 1(2), 7(2)(b); S.R. 2011/19, art. 2
C1Art. 5(2A) excluded by Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996/542), reg. 47H(3)(5) (as inserted (21.2.2011) by Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/21), reg. 2(9))
The alternative requirements to those in Article 5N.I.
6.—(1) The alternative requirements referred to in Article 5(1) are the following.
7.—(1) On the application of a person who has submitted himself for a test of competence to drive, a court of summary jurisdiction F19... may determine whether the test was properly conducted in accordance with regulations.
F19Words in art. 7(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 83(1), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
8. [F20The whole or any part of a fee] paid in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of Article 5(4) on application for an appointment for a test may be repaid in the following cases and not otherwise—
F20Words in art. 8 substituted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts.1(3)(4), 44(5); S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
[F21Approved test assistantsN.I.
F21Art. 8A inserted (prosp.) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3)(4), 45