The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Admission of Community Licence Holders) Regulations 1999
These Regulations amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 by providing that a person holding a driving licence issued by a member state of the European Economic Area (a “Community licence”) may be registered as an approved driving instructor under section 125 of the Act or apply for a trainee’s licence under section 129 of the Act without having to exchange his licence for a British or Northern Irish licence. The licence holder must, however, apply to the Secretary of State for a counterpart. They implement in part Article 1(2) of Council Directive 91/439/EEC on driving licences (OJ No. L237, 29.7.91, p.1).