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A proposal to extend the period that you can drive a car in Great Britain using a Ukrainian driving licence.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Foreword The UK led the way in supporting Ukraine. Until the conflict is…
This consultation seeks your views on allowing drivers who hold a licence to drive cars and light motorcycles issued originally in Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ukraine and the Republic of North Macedonia, to exc…
This consultation seeks your views on allowing drivers who hold a licence to drive cars and light motorcycles which was issued originally in the Cayman Islands to exchange it for a British equivalent, if the driver becomes r…
This proposal is to introduce an offence for anyone discovered to be holding more than one EU/EEA driving licence at any one time as per the Third European Directive.
The proposal is to allow drivers who hold a licence to drive large vehicles issued in Switzerland to exchange it for a British equivalent.
As a result of new EU definitions and standards to be implemented by December 2014, DVLA must change the law to remove some exemptions to the rules that cover driving licences.
The Third Driving Licence Directive (2006/126/EC) introduced a single driving licence model.
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