The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
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Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2026
Number: 118
Made: 2026-06-18
Coming into force: 2026-08-01
Last ingested: 2026-07-08 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 to allow holders of Group 2 licences (bus and lorry drivers) who have diabetes to use any appropriate glucose monitoring system to monitor their glucose levels instead of blood glucose testing.
An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Driving, Vehicle and Road Safety Policy Division, Department for Infrastructure, James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, Belfast BT7 2JA or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr .