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NI Statutory Rule
NISR 2026/143
Northern Ireland
revised

The Motorways Traffic (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

The Motorways Traffic (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

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Type: NI Statutory Rule

Year: 2026

Number: 143

Made: 2026-07-08

Coming into force: 2026-10-01

Last ingested: 2026-08-24 from legislation.gov.uk.

Read the full text on 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 Motorways Traffic Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 to allow learner drivers and learner motorcyclists to learn on motorways under the instruction of an approved instructor.

The statutory rule also carves out provisions deferring motorway eligibility for certain existing provisional licence holders who held provisional licences prior to 1 st October 2026 until 1 st April 2027.

Other NISRs from 2026