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

PART II N.I. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF VEHICLES

[F1 Disqualification if disqualified in Great Britain, etc. N.I.

F1 2003 NI 16

Disqualification while disqualified in Great Britain, Isle of Man, Channel Islands or Gibraltar N.I.

18A.— (1) A person is disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle of any class so long as he is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland.

(2) For the purposes of this Article a person is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland if, in respect of any offence—

(a) a court in Great Britain disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a Great Britain licence,

(b) a court in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a British external licence, or

(c) a court in Gibraltar disqualifies him for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the law of Gibraltar.

(3) A certificate signed by the Department which states, in respect of a person, any matter relating to the question whether he is subject to a relevant disqualification imposed outside Northern Ireland shall be evidence of the matter so stated.

(4) A certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.]