Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the Secretary of State may issue to a person resident in the United Kingdom a driving permit in any of the forms A, B and C in Schedule 1 for use outside the United Kingdom.

A permit may only be issued to a person for vehicles of a class or classes in respect of which that person holds a full licence.

A permit in Form A may not be issued to any person who is under 18 years of age unless the permit is restricted to the driving of motor cycles or invalid carriages, or both.

A permit in Form B may not be issued to any person who is under 18 years of age.

A permit in Form C must be limited in its period of validity to three years, or, if shorter, the unexpired period of the permit holder’s current United Kingdom driving licence.

The Secretary of State may issue for use outside the United Kingdom a document in the form D in Schedule 1 to this Order for any motor vehicle registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971, or in Northern Ireland under the Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.

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The Secretary of State may assign to a motor vehicle to which the Decision of 1957 of the Council of the Organisation for European Economic Co-Operation applies, an identification mark in the form of such a trade plate as may be required to be carried on such a vehicle under the provisions of section 1 of the Regulation attached to that Decision.

In this paragraph, “the Decision of 1957 of the Council of the Organisation for European Economic Co-Operation” means the decision of the Council of the Organisation for European Economic Co-Operation concerning the International Circulation of Hired Private Road Motor Vehicles adopted by that Council at its 369th Meeting, in June, 1957.

The Secretary of State may charge a fee of £5.50 for the issue of any such document as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Article.

The Secretary of State may for the purpose of his functions under this Article carry out F4... examinations of vehicles.

The Secretary of State may delegate any of his functions under this Article (including any power of charging fees and the carrying out of F5... examinations) to any body concerned with motor vehicles or to any Northern Ireland department.

Sections 173 and 174 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (forgery of documents, etc., false statements and withholding material information) and Article 174 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (false statements in connection with forgery of, and fraudulent use of, documents, etc.) shall apply to a Convention driving permit as they apply to licences under that Act or under that Order.

Section 13 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 and Article 190 of the said Order of 1981 (admissibility of records as evidence) shall apply to records maintained by the Secretary of State in connection with his functions under this Article, or by a body or Northern Ireland department to which in accordance with paragraph (8) of this Article he has delegated the function in connection with which the records are maintained, as that section or that Article apply to records maintained in connection with functions under that Act or under that Order, and the powers conferred by section 13(5) of the said Act of 1988 and Article 190(4) of the said Order of 1981 to prescribe a description of matter which may be admitted as evidence under that section or under that Article shall have effect in relation to the application of that section and that Article by this Article.