The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2002

Citation and commencement E+W+S

1.  This Order may be cited as the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 20th September 2002.

Interpretation E+W+S

2.  In this Order—

(a) “driving test” means a test corresponding to the practical test of driving skills and behaviour prescribed under section 89 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as part of the test of competence to drive;

(b) “vehicle with automatic transmission” means a vehicle in which either—

(i) the driver is not provided with any means whereby he may vary the gear ratio between the engine and the road wheels independently of the accelerator and the brakes, or

(ii) he is provided with such means but they do not include a clutch pedal or lever which he may operate manually,

(and accordingly, a vehicle with manual transmission is any other class of vehicle); F1 ...

[F2 (c) a reference to a licensing category or sub-category is a reference to the category or sub-category (as the case may be) identified by the same letter or combination of letters or of a letter and number in Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999; and]

[F3 (d) the reference in paragraph (c) to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 is, after 18th January 2013, a reference to those Regulations as amended by the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 2(b) omitted (11.1.2013) by virtue of The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/22), arts. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(i)

F2 Art. 2(c) substituted (11.1.2013) by The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/22), arts. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(ii)

F3 Art. 2(d) added (11.1.2013) by The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/22), arts. 1(2), 4(2)(a)(iii)

Designation of the Republic of Korea E+W+S

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the Republic of Korea is designated under section 108(2)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as respects licences of the descriptions specified in paragraph (2) below.

(2) The licences referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) licences which authorise the driving of a class of vehicles corresponding to a class of vehicles included in licensing category [F4 AM, B, B+E, F, K or Q], and which have been granted by the licensing authority of the Republic of Korea—

(i) to a person who has passed a driving test in the Republic of Korea, or

(ii) by way of exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State [F5 , in the United Kingdom], in a country or territory named in the Schedule or in the Principality of Monaco to a person who had passed a driving test in such a State, country or territory or in the said Principality; and

(b) licences which authorise the driving of a class of vehicle corresponding to a class of vehicle included in licensing category A and which have been granted by the licensing authority of the Republic of Korea by way of exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State [F6 , in the United Kingdom], in a country or territory named in the Schedule or in the Principality of Monaco to a person who has passed a driving test in such a State, country or territory or in the said Principality.

(3) A licence of a description specified in paragraph (2) above shall be exchangeable only in so far as it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission if it was granted to a person who passed a driving test, whether in the Republic of Korea or in a State, country or territory or the Principality mentioned in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) above, in a vehicle with automatic transmission notwithstanding that the licence authorises the driving in the Republic of Korea of vehicles with manual transmission.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in art. 3(2)(a) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/22), arts. 1(2), 4(2)(b)

F5 Words in art. 3(2)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Driving Licences (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1251), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in art. 3(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Driving Licences (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1251), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Designation of the Principality of Monaco E+W+S

4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the Principality of Monaco is designated under section 108(2)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as respects licences of the description specified in paragraph (2) below.

(2) The licences referred to in paragraph (1) are licences—

(a) which authorise the driving of a class of vehicles corresponding to a class of vehicles included in licensing category [F7 AM, B, B+E, F, K or Q or licensing sub-category A1, A2 or A3], and

(b) which have been granted by the licensing authority of the Principality of Monaco—

(i) to a person who has passed a driving test in the Principality of Monaco, or

(ii) by way of exchange for a licence granted in an EEA State [F8 , in the United Kingdom], in a country or territory named in the Schedule or in the Republic of Korea to a person who had passed a driving test in such a State, country or territory or in the said Republic.

(3) A licence of a description specified in paragraph (2) above shall be exchangeable only in so far as it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission if it was granted to a person who passed a driving test, whether in the Principality of Monaco or in a State, country or territory of the Republic mentioned in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) above, in a vehicle with automatic transmission notwithstanding that the licence authorises the driving in the Principality of Monaco of vehicles with manual transmission.

(4) A licence of a description specified in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) above, being a licence granted by way of exchange for a licence granted to a person who had passed a driving test in the Republic of Korea, shall not be exchangeable in so far as it authorises the driving of a class of vehicles corresponding to a class of vehicles included in licensing category A, notwithstanding that the licence authorises the driving in the Principality of Monaco of a class of vehicles corresponding to that licensing category.

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in art. 4(2)(a) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/22), arts. 1(2), 4(2)(c)

F8 Words in art. 4(2)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Driving Licences (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1251), regs. 1(2), 7(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Spellar

Minister of State,

Department for Transport