The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
These Regulations amend the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”) and the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (the 1996 Regulations”) in order to implement Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th December 2006 on driving licences (“the Third Driving Licences Directive”). (This Directive was added to Annex XIII of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) Agreement by Article 1 of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 29/2008 of 14th March 2008 (O.J. No. L 182, 10.7.2008, p21)).