Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Designation of Relevant External Law) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003
With effect from 1st January 1997, the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 amended Article 5 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 so that a licence under Part II of that Order may not be granted to a person who has passed a driving test under the law applicable in the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Licences granted in any of those islands authorising the driving of classes of goods or passenger-carrying vehicle continue to be exchangeable for corresponding licences in Northern Ireland if the relevant law makes satisfactory provision for the grant of those licences.