ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975 . Documents for drivers and vehicles going abroad 3 1 In article 1 of the principal Order— a paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be omitted; and b for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— The Secretary of State may charge a fee of £4 for the issue of any such document as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) of this article. . 2 Schedule 2 (Fees chargeable for documents and identification marks) to the principal Order shall be omitted. 3 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article shall not apply in the case of any such document as is there mentioned if the application for issue of the document is made before the coming into force of this Order. Visitors' driving permits 4 1 In article 2(2)(i), (3)(a) and (4)(a) of the principal Order after the words “in a Member State of the European Economic Community,” in each place where they occur there shall be inserted “the Isle of Man or Jersey,”. 2 In article 2(7) of the principal order— a in the definition of “Convention driving permit” after the word “1949” in each place where it occurs, and in the definition of “domestic driving permit” after the words “issued under the law of that country”, there shall be inserted “to a person who has given proof of his competence to drive”; and b in the definition of “domestic driving permit” after the words “a driving permit issued”, there shall be inserted “to such a person”. 3 In article 3(1) of the principal Order there shall be omitted the words “other than a large goods vehicle or a passenger-carrying vehicle”. Vehicle excise exemption 5 For article 5(2) of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following:— A vehicle to which this paragraph applies, and to which the temporary importation arrangements referred to in the Council Regulation on temporary importation from third countries do not apply and which would, but for this Order, be chargeable with excise duty under the Excise Act, shall be exempt from any duty of excise under that Act to the following extent:— a in the case of a vehicle to which the Council Directive on the temporary importation of a private vehicle from another member State applies, the vehicle shall be exempt from excise duty if its importation is in accordance with the provisions of that Directive and it shall continue to be so exempt for as long as those provisions continue to be satisfied; b in a case of a vehicle being used for, or in connection with,— i international carriage within the scope of the Council Regulation on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus or the Council Regulation on access to the market in the carriage of goods within the Community, or ii a cabotage transport operation within the scope of the Council Regulation on passenger transport cabotage or the Council Regulation on goods transport cabotage, or iii a type of carriage which is exempt from any Community authorisation and from any carriage authorisation under the First Council Directive on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road, the vehicle shall be exempt from excise duty if and so long as the vehicle is being so used in accordance with whichever of those instruments is applicable to the use of the vehicle. 6 1 In article 5 of the principal Order in each case in which they occur for the words “Great Britain” there shall be substituted the words “United Kingdom”. 2 In article 5(9) of the principal Order for the words “Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971”, there shall be substituted the words “Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 ”. 3 In article 5(9) of the principal Order after the words “In this article” there shall be inserted the following definitions:— “The First Council Directive on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road” means the First Council Directive of 23rd July 1962 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road ; “the Council Directive on the temporary importation of a private vehicle from another member State” means Council Directive ( EEC ) No 83/182 of 28th March 1983 on tax exemptions within the community for certain means of transport temporarily imported into one Member State from another ; “the Council Regulation on temporary importation from third countries” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1855/89 of 14th June 1989 on the temporary importation of means of transport ; “the Council Regulation on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 684/92 of 16th March 1992 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus ; “the Council Regulation on access to the market in the carriage of goods within the Community” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 881/92 of 26th March 1992 on access to the market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to or from the territory of a Member State or passing across the territory of one or more Member States ; “the Council Regulation on passenger transport cabotage” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2454/92 of 23rd July 1992 laying down conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State ; “the Council Regulation on goods transport cabotage” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3118/93 of 25th October 1993 laying down conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services within a Member State as it has effect in accordance with Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 3315/94 of 22nd December 1994 . 4 The following paragraph shall be inserted after article 5(9) of the principal Order:— 10 Nothing in regulations made or deemed to have been made under this Order shall apply to any person bringing a motor vehicle into Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland who complies with the provisions of the Motor Car (Irish Circulation) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1925 . 5 Article 5A of the principal Order shall be revoked. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council