S.I. No. 527/2007 - Road Traffic (Recognition of foreign Driving Licences) Order 2007
ROAD TRAFFIC (RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN DRIVING LICENCES) ORDER 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th July, 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23A (inserted by section 8 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006)) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )), hereby order as follows— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Recognition of Foreign Driving Licences) Order 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. (1) It is declared that a licence or permit permitting a person to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a licence or permit issued to a person to enable that person to learn or provisionally to drive such a vehicle, issued by the competent authority of a Member State (other than the State) or another state mentioned in the Schedule is recognised for the purpose of exchange of that licence or permit for a driving licence, in respect of any one or more of the categories in respect of which the licence or permit is held that corresponds to a category mentioned in the Table to Regulation 6 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 537 of 2006 ), subject to Commission Decision No. 2000/275 of 21 March 2000 1 . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) This Order does not apply to a licence or permit issued by another Member State or a state mentioned in the Schedule which was issued in exchange for a licence or permit issued by a state, other than the State, which is not another Member State or a state mentioned in the Schedule. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SCHEDULE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 July 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOEL DEMPSEY. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for Transport. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This order recognises certain foreign driving licences for driving licence exchange purposes under section 23A of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (inserted by section 8 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 ). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
