The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 1989

Vienna Convention on Road Traffic 1968

6.—(1) In paragraph (4) of article 2 of the principal Order, as substituted by article 4 of this Order, in the definition of “Convention country” after the words “but is a party to” there shall be inserted the words “the Convention on Road Traffic concluded at Vienna in the year 1968(1)”.

(2) In paragraph (7) of article 2 of the principal Order, as so substituted, for the definition of “Convention driving permit” there shall be substituted the following definition:—

  • “Convention driving permit” means either—

    (i)

    a driving permit in the form A in Schedule 1 to this Order issued under the authority of a country outside the United Kingdom, whether or not that country is a party to the Convention on Road Traffic concluded at Geneva in the year 1949 but not so issued as aforesaid after the expiry of a period of five years from the date of the entry into force of the Convention on Road Traffic concluded at Vienna in the year 1968 in accordance with Article 47(1) thereof, if that country is a party to that Convention, or

    (ii)

    a driving permit in the form B in that Schedule issued under the authority of a country outside the United Kingdom which is a party to the International Convention relative to Motor Traffic concluded at Paris in the year 1926, but not to the Convention of 1949 nor to the Convention of 1968, or (iii) a driving permit in the form C in that Schedule issued under the authority of a country outside the United Kingdom which is a party to the Convention of 1968;.

(3) At the end of paragraph (8) of article 2 of the principal Order as so substituted, there shall be added the following words “and, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (4) above, a Convention driving permit in the form C in Schedule 1 to this Order shall, if the validity of the permit is by special endorsement thereon made conditional upon the holder wearing certain devices or upon the vehicle being equipped in a certain manner to take account of his disability, not be valid at a time when any such condition is not satisfied”.

(1)

Cmnd. 4032.