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(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Offenders (Appropriate Driving Test) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1997.
(2) In this Order “the Order of 1996” means the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
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The circumstances prescribed for the purposes of Article 41(3)(a) of the Order of 1996, in relation to a person who is disqualified under Article 35 of that Order, are where a person is convicted of an offence under any of the following provisions of the Order of 1995, that is—
(a) Article 14 (causing death, or grievous bodily injury, by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs),
(b) Article 15(1) (driving or attempting to drive while unfit),
(c) Article 16(1)(a) (driving or attempting to drive with excess alcohol), and
(d) Article 18(7) (failing to provide a specimen), where that is an offence involving obligatory disqualification.
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The offences prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “appropriate driving test” in Article 41(5) of the Order of 1996 are—
(a) manslaughter by the driver of a motor vehicle,
(b) an offence under Article 9 of the Order of 1995 (causing death, or grievous bodily injury, by dangerous driving),
(c) an offence under Article 10 of that Order (dangerous driving),
(d) an offence under Article 14 of that Order (causing death, or grievous bodily injury, by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
J. Ritchie
Assistant Secretary
14th August 1997.