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Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
14th May 1984
Coming into Operation
1st June 1984
The Secretary of State for Transport, being satisfied that satisfactory provision for the granting of licences to drive motor vehicles is made by the law of the countries and the territory specified in Article 2 of this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1972(1) and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 110(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1984 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1984.
2. The following countries, namely Australia, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, and the territory of Hong Kong, are hereby designated within paragraph (b) of the definition of "exchangeable licence" in subsection (1) of section 110 of the Road Traffic Act 1972.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for Transport
14th May 1984
This Order designates the following countries, namely Australia, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, and the territory of Hong Kong, within paragraph (b) of the definition of "exchangeable licence" in section 110(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972. The effect of the Order is that licences issued by the competent authorities of those countries and that territory will be exchangeable for an equivalent licence without a driving test under Part III of that Act if the holders satisfy the requirements of that part of that Act for the grant of a licence in exchange.
sections 84, 85, 110, 88, 115 and 124 were amended by S.I. 1982/1555 and by the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Act 1983 (c.43).
