Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th September, 2022.

I, Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23B of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), (inserted by section 46 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (No.19 of 2022)) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) and the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alternation of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 351 of 2020 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Recognition of Foreign Driving Licences Held by Relevant Persons) (Ukraine) Order 2022.

2. In this Order ‘Regulations of 2006’ means the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 537 of 2006 ).

3. It is declared that a licence or permit permitting a relevant person to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a licence or permit issued to a relevant person to enable that person to learn or provisionally to drive such a vehicle, issued by the competent authority of Ukraine in a category which corresponds to a category specified in the Table to Regulation 6 of the 2006 Regulations is recognised for the purpose of use in the State in respect of the category.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 September, 2022.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order provides for the recognition of Ukrainian driving licences held by persons with a permission to reside under section 60 (6) of the International Protection Act 2015 for use in Ireland while that permission is valid.