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19C.—[F1(1) The Department may make regulations for any purpose for which regulations may be made under the provisions of this Part and the relevant provisions of the Offenders Order and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under any of those provisions, and otherwise for the purpose of carrying any of those provisions into effect.]
[F1(1A)] [F1In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the regulations may make provision with respect to —]
[F2(a)licences under this Part[F3 Great Britain licences,], Community licences and counterparts of such licences,
(b)making any particulars with respect to any persons—
(i)who are disqualified,
(ii)whose licences are suspended, or
(iii)whose counterparts of licences under this Part[F3, of Great Britain licences] or of Community licences (as the case may be) are endorsed,
available for use by the Royal Ulster Constabulary,]
(c)preventing a person holding more than one licence,
(d)facilitating identification of holders of licences,
(e)providing for the issue, on payment of such fee[F4, and compliance with such requirements,] as may be prescribed, ofF4. . . licences and counterparts of licences in the place of licences or counterparts of licences lost or defaced,
[F2(ea)providing for the issue[F5 on payment of such fee as may be prescribed] of new counterparts[F3 of Great Britain licences or] of Community licences in the place of counterparts[F3 of Great Britain licences or (as the case may be)] of Community licences that are lost or defaced,]
[F6(eb)providing for the issue, on payment of such fee, and compliance with such conditions, as may be prescribed, of confirmation in writing of a person's entitlement to drive,]
(f)the correspondenceF1. . . of one class of motor vehicle with another class of motor vehicle or of one test of competence to drive with another (whatever the law under which the classification is made or the test conducted),
(g)the effect of a change in the classification of motor vehiclesF1. . . on licences then in force or issued or on the right to or the subsequent granting of licences[F2 or on[F3 Great Britain licences or] Community licences then in force], and
(h)enabling a person—
(i)whose entitlement to the grant of a licence to drive a class of motor vehicle is preserved by regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (g), and
(ii)who satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed,
to drive (and be employed in driving) that class of motor vehicle while he applies for the licence to be granted to him.
(2) The regulations may—
(a)provide for exemptions from any provision of the regulations, and
(b)contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as the Department considers expedient for the purposes of the regulations,
and nothing in the other provisions of this Part shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of the preceding provisions of this paragraph or section 17 of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
(3) F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F1(4) In this Article “the relevant provision of the Offenders Order” means the following provisions of that Order: Articles 6, 11, 12, 26 to 28, 29, 33, 35 to 38[F8 40 to 53 and 92ZA] .]
F2SR 1996/426
F4SR 2002/374
F5SR 1997/241
F6Art. 19C(1A)(eb) inserted (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3)(4), 34; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
F7Art. 19C(3) repealed (15.11.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3)(4), 79(3)(a), 86(2), Sch. 8 Pt. I; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.
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