Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 No. 154 (NI. 1)

PART V N.I. REGULATION OF GOODS VEHICLES AND PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES, TOGETHER WITH THE DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES, AND CONTROL OF LARGE PRIVATE PASSENGER VEHICLES

[F1 Special provisions relating to licensing of drivers of large goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles] N.I.

F1 1991 NI 3

Revoked or suspended licences: surrender, return and endorsement N.I.

75 .F2 —(1) Where, in pursuance of Article 73, the Department revokes or suspends a licence, it must serve notice on the holder of the licence requiring him to deliver the licence and its counterpart forthwith to the Department, and it shall be the duty of the holder of the licence to comply with the requirement.

(2) Any holder of a licence who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with his duty under paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence under this Order.

(3) On the delivery of a revoked licence and its counterpart by a person to the Department in pursuance of paragraph (1) the Department must issue to him, on payment of such fee (if any) as may be prescribed, a licence authorising the driving of the classes of vehicles which are unaffected by the revocation or suspension.

[F3 (3A) The Department may require a person to provide—

(a) evidence of his name, address, sex and date and place of birth; and

(b) a photograph which is a current likeness of him,

before granting a licence to him under paragraph (3).]

(4) On the delivery of a suspended licence and its counterpart to the Department, the Department must endorse the counterpart of the licence with particulars of the suspension and return the licence and its counterpart to the holder.

F2 mod. by SR 1994/365

F3 SR 2002/374