Motor Vehicles
(Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 12)
(Jersey) Order 2011
Made 14th October 2011
Coming into force in
accordance with Article 8
THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, in pursuance of Articles 4,
8 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order “principal Order”
means the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Jersey) Order 2003[2].
2 Article 4
amended
In Article 4(1)(a) of the principal Order for the words
“C, C+E or D” there shall be substituted the words “C or
D”.
3 Article 5
amended
In Article 5 of the principal Order for paragraphs (4) to
(10) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs –
“(4) Where the application is for
the first grant of a licence that includes category B+E, C1 or D1 the
prescribed licence for the purposes of Article 4(2)(b)(iii) of the
Law –
(a) shall be a licence that includes
category B (but shall not be a provisional licence to drive a vehicle in
category B); and
(b) where the application is for a licence to
drive a vehicle with manual transmission, shall not be a licence having effect
subject to the condition referred to in Article 10(3).
(5) When the application is for the first grant
of a licence that includes category C1+E the prescribed licence for the
purposes of Article 4(2)(b)(iii) of the Law –
(a) shall be a licence that includes
category C1 (but shall not be a provisional licence to drive a vehicle in
category C1); and
(b) where the application is for a licence to
drive a vehicle with manual transmission, shall not be a licence having effect
subject to the condition referred to in Article 10(3).
(6) When the application is for the first grant
of a licence that includes category D1+E or D+E the prescribed licence for the
purposes of Article 4(2)(b)(iii) of the Law –
(a) shall be a licence that includes
category D1 or D (but shall not be a provisional licence to drive a
vehicle in category D1 or D); and
(b) where the application is for a licence to
drive a vehicle with manual transmission, shall not be a licence having effect
subject to the condition referred to in Article 10(3).
(7) When the application is for the first grant
of a licence that includes category C or D the prescribed licence for the
purposes of Article 4(2)(b)(iii) of the Law –
(a) shall be a licence that includes
category B (but shall not be a provisional licence to drive a vehicle in
category B) which must contain, or have submitted with it, sufficient
information to satisfy the parochial authority that the applicant has held that
licence or a licence to drive that category of vehicle for a continuous period
of at least 1 year and
(b) where the application is for a licence to
drive a vehicle with manual transmission, shall not be a licence having effect
subject to the condition referred to in Article 10(3).
(8) Where the application is for the first grant
of a licence that includes category C+E the prescribed licence for the purposes
of Article 4(2)(b)(iii) of the Law –
(a) shall be a licence that includes category C
(but shall not be a provisional licence to drive a vehicle in category C) which
must contain, or have submitted with it, sufficient information to satisfy the
parochial authority that the applicant has held that licence or a licence to
drive that category of vehicle for a continuous period of at least 1 year; and
(b) where the application is for a licence to
drive a vehicle with manual transmission, shall not be a licence having effect
subject to the condition referred to in Article 10(3).
(9) Where the application is for the first grant
of a licence that includes category A the prescribed licence for the purposes
of Article 4(2)(b)(iii) of the Law –
(a) shall be a licence that includes category A1
(but shall not be a provisional licence to drive a vehicle in category A1)
which must contain, or have submitted with it, sufficient information to
satisfy the parochial authority that the applicant has held that licence or a
licence to drive that category of vehicle for a continuous period of at least 1
year; and
(b) where the application is for a licence to
drive a vehicle with manual transmission, shall not be a licence having effect
subject to the condition referred to in Article 10(3).
(10) In this Article ‘manual transmission’
in relation to a vehicle, means that its driver is provided with a means by
which the driver may, independently of the use of its accelerator or brakes,
vary the proportion of power produced by the engine of the vehicle that is
transmitted to its road wheels.”.
4 Article
9 amended
In Article 9 of the principal Order for the words “C, C+E or
D” there shall be substituted the words “C, C+E, D or D+E”.
5 Article 15
substituted
For Article 15 of the principal Order there shall be
substituted the following Article –
The off road theory test
shall test the applicant’s knowledge of motoring matters including, in
particular, the Jersey Highway Code and –
(a) in
the case of an applicant taking the test for a licence to drive a vehicle in
category A, A1 or P, such motoring matters as are relevant to the driving of a
vehicle in any of those categories;
(b) in
the case of an applicant taking the test for a licence to drive a vehicle in
category B, B1, B+E, F, H or K, such motoring matters as are relevant to the
driving of a vehicle in any of those categories;
(c) in
the case of an applicant taking the test for a licence to drive a vehicle in
category C1, C1+E, C or C+E, such motoring matters as are relevant to the
driving of a vehicle in any of those categories;
(d) in
the case of an applicant taking the test for a licence to drive a vehicle in
category D1, D1+E, D or D+E, such motoring matters as are relevant to the
driving of a vehicle in any of those categories.”.
6 Schedule 5
substituted
For Schedule 5 to the principal Order there shall be
substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
7 Schedule 8
amended
In the last row of the table in Schedule 8 to the principal
Order, in Column 1, for the words “D1+E” there shall be substituted
the words “D+E”.
8 Citation
and commencement
(1) This
Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment
No. 12) (Jersey) Order 2011.
(2) Article
6 shall come into force the day after this Order is made.
(3) The
remainder of this Order shall come into force on 12th December 2011.
connétable m.k. jackson of st. brelade
Minister for Transport and Technical Services