The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2019/563 |
| Year | 2019 |
2019 No. 563
Exiting The European Union
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019
Made 13th March 2019
Coming into force 28th March 2019
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of March 2019
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 1(5) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1)(a), (2)(c) and (4) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 19521.
Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, orders as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019 and comes into force on 28th March 2019.
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975
2.—(1) The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 19752is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1—
(a)
(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“1 Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the Secretary of State may issue to a person resident in the United Kingdom a driving permit in any of the forms A, B and C in Schedule 1 for use outside the United Kingdom.
1A A permit may only be issued to a person for vehicles of a class or classes in respect of which that person holds a full licence.
1B In paragraph (1A)—
“full licence” means a licence granted under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 19883, or Part 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19814, other than a provisional licence, and
“provisional licence” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or Part 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
1C A permit in Form A may not be issued to any person who is under 18 years of age unless the permit is restricted to the driving of motor cycles or invalid carriages, or both.
1D A permit in Form B may not be issued to any person who is under 18 years of age.
1E A permit in Form C must be limited in its period of validity to three years, or, if shorter, the unexpired period of the permit holder’s current United Kingdom driving licence.”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph (7) omit the words “tests of the competency of applicants for driving permits and”; and
(c)
(c) in paragraph (8) omit the words “tests or”.
(3) In Article 2—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (4) in the definition of “Convention country” after the words “but is a party to” insert the words “the 1968 Convention,”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph (7)—
(i) before the definition of “Convention driving permit” insert—
““1926 Convention” means the International Convention relative to Motor Traffic done at Paris on 24th April 19265;
“1949 Convention” means the Convention on Road Traffic done at Geneva on 19th September 19496;
“1968 Convention” means the Convention on Road Traffic done at Vienna on 8th November 19687;”; and
(ii) for the definition of “Convention driving permit” substitute—
““Convention driving permit” means either—
(a) a driving permit in Form A in Schedule 1 issued under the...
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