Implementation of the Third Driving Licence Directive

Date published:: 11 November 2009

Closing date:: 05 February 2010

Summary

The consultation contains details of how the Department and related Agencies (the Driving Standards Agency and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) intend to implement the requirements of the Third Driving Licence Directive (2006/126/EC) into national law.

The proposals are divided into 4 sections covering (a) Changes affecting training and testing for riders of mopeds and motorcycles, (b) Changes affecting training and testing for drivers of cars and light vans, (c) Changes affecting Driving Examiners and (d) Changes affecting driving licence administration. Responding to the consultation: Online response form

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Consultation document (640 kb)

Consultation document for the implementation of the Third Driving Licence Directive

Published:: 11 November 2009

Consultation response (195 kb)

A report on the response to our consultation on the implementation of the Third driving Licence Directive including an overview of the consultation exercise, a detailed analysis of the response and the decisions that have been made on how to proceed.

Published:: 29 March 2010

Consultation response (359 kb)

Published:: 29 March 2010

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