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109 Provisions as to Northern Ireland drivers’ licences.E+W+S
(1)The holder of a [F1Northern Ireland driving licence]may drive, and a person may cause or permit the holder of such a licence to drive, in Great Britain, a motor vehicle of any class which he is authorised by that licence to drive, and which he is not disqualified from driving under this Part [F2or Part IV]of this Act, notwithstanding that he is not the holder of a licence under this Part of this Act.
(2)Any driver holding a [F3Northern Ireland driving licence]shall be under the like obligation to produce such a licence [F4and its counterpart as if they had respectively been a licence granted under this Part of this Act and the counterpart to such a licence], and the provisions—
(a)of this Act, and
(b)of the M1Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, being the provisions connected with the licensing of drivers within the meaning of that Act,
as to the production of licences [F5and counterparts of licences]granted under this Part of this Act shall apply accordingly.
(3)The holder of any such licence who by an order of the court is disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence under this Part of this Act must produce the licence so held by him [F6and its counterpart]to the court within such time as the court may determine, and the court must, on production of the licence [F6and its counterpart], forward [F7them]to the Secretary of State.
(4)If the holder fails to produce the licence [F8and its counterpart]within that time, he is guilty of an offence.
(5)If the holder of any such licence is convicted of an offence and the court orders particulars of the conviction to be endorsed in accordance with section 44 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, the court shall send those particulars to the Secretary of State.
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F1Words substituted by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 16(a)(i)
F2Words inserted by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 16(a)(ii)
F3Words substituted by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c.22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 16(b)
F4Words substituted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1 para. 8(a)(i)
F5Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1 para. 8(a)(ii)
F6Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1 para. 8(b)(i)(ii)(iii)
F7Words substituted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1 para. 8(b)(i)(ii)(iii)
F8Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(1), 3, Sch. 1 para. 8(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 109(3) excluded by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53, SIF 107:1), s. 26(5)
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