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Road Traffic Act 1988

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109A Information about Northern Ireland licence holders

(1) The Secretary of State may endorse the driving record of a Northern Ireland licence holder who delivers to him a Northern Ireland licence together with the information specified in, or required under, subsection (3) below with any part of that information. (3) The information referred to in subsection (1) above is— (a) the name and address (whether in Great Britain or Northern Ireland) of the Northern Ireland licence holder; (b) his date of birth; (c) the classes of vehicle which he is authorised by his Northern Ireland licence to drive; (d) the period of validity of the licence; (e) whether it was granted in exchange for a licence issued by a state other than an EEA State; and (f) such other information as the Secretary of State may require for the purposes of the proper exercise of any of his functions under this Part or Part 4 of this Act. (4) Where the name of a Northern Ireland licence holder as specified in his Northern Ireland licence ceases to be correct, he may deliver his Northern Ireland licence immediately to the Secretary of State and provide him with particulars of the alterations falling to be made in the name on it. (5) On the delivery of a Northern Ireland licence by any person in pursuance of subsection (4) above, the Secretary of State may endorse the Northern Ireland licence and that person's driving record with the correct name and must return the Northern Ireland licence to that person.

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109A Information about Northern Ireland licence holders

(1) The Secretary of State may endorse the driving record of a Northern Ireland licence holder who delivers to him a Northern Ireland licence together with the information specified in, or required under, subsection (3) below with any part of that information. (3) The information referred to in subsection (1) above is— (a) the name and address (whether in Great Britain or Northern Ireland) of the Northern Ireland licence holder; (b) his date of birth; (c) the classes of vehicle which he is authorised by his Northern Ireland licence to drive; (d) the period of validity of the licence; (e) whether it was granted in exchange for a licence issued by a state other than an EEA State; and (f) such other information as the Secretary of State may require for the purposes of the proper exercise of any of his functions under this Part or Part 4 of this Act. (4) Where the name of a Northern Ireland licence holder as specified in his Northern Ireland licence ceases to be correct, he may deliver his Northern Ireland licence immediately to the Secretary of State and provide him with particulars of the alterations falling to be made in the name on it. (5) On the delivery of a Northern Ireland licence by any person in pursuance of subsection (4) above, the Secretary of State may endorse the Northern Ireland licence and that person's driving record with the correct name and must return the Northern Ireland licence to that person.

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