Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Act 1983 (repealed 5.11.1993)

Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Act 1983

1983 CHAPTER 43

An Act to make provision about the granting, without tests of competence to drive, of driving licences to certain persons who are resident in Great Britain and are or have been authorised to drive under the law in force in places outside Great Britain, and for connected purposes.

[13th May 1983]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1, 2(1)(2) repealed by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 4 paras. 1–3

2 Exchangeable licences to drive heavy goods vehicles or public service vehicles. E+W+S

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(3) In Regulation 6 of the M1 Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1982—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “a Community licence”, in both

places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “an exchangeable licence”;

(b) in paragraph (2) for the words “Community licence”, in both places

where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “exchangeable licence”, after the words “resident in”, in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “Great Britain or (Where the exchangeable licence is or was a Community licence)” and after the words “member State” there shall be inserted the words “or territory”;

(c) in paragraph (3) for the words “a Community licence” there shall be

substituted the words “an exchangeable licence” and after the words “member State” there shall be inserted the words “or territory”; and

(d) in paragraph (4) in the definition of “Community licence” for the words “has the same meaning as in Part III” there shall be substituted the words “and “exchangeable licence” have the same meanings as in Part IV”.

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 1, 2(1)(2) repealed by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 4 paras. 1–3

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1982/1555.

[F3 3 Northern Ireland licences to drive public service vehicles. E+W+S

After section 23 of the M2 Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 there shall be inserted the following section—

23A “ Northern Ireland drivers’ licences.

(1) A licensing authority may, notwithstanding any driving test condition imposed by regulations, grant a licence to an applicant to drive a public service vehicle of any type if the authority is satisfied that the applicant has, within the period of five years ending on the date of the coming into force of the licence, held a licence granted under the law of Northern Ireland to drive a public service vehicle of that type.

(2) In this section—

• “driving test condition”, in relation to an applicant for a licence to drive a public service vehicle of any type, means a condition as to the provision of facilities for, or the passing of, a practical test of his ability to drive a public service vehicle of that type;

• “licensing authority” shall be construed in accordance with section 22(2) of this Act.”]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 3 repealed (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 16, Sch. 6

Marginal Citations

M2 1981 c. 14.

4 Short title, commencement and extent. E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Act 1983.

(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.