United Kingdom
| UNITED KINGDOM (UK) |
| 1. Models UK1, 2, 3, 6. Holders of group A of models UK1, UK2 and UK6 and of category B of model UK3 are |
| entitled to drive D1 and D1E vehicles not for hire and reward (not for professional use, no paying passengers |
| whether directly or indirectly) and C1E vehicles provided the combined weight of the trailer and the towing |
| vehicle does not exceed 8.25 tonnes. |
| Holders of category B licences of those models have the same entitlements as holders of category A, re- |
| stricted to vehicles with automatic transmission only. |
| Models UK1, 2. Miscellaneous medical restrictions may be recorded on the licence, the EC equivalent for |
| those being ‘codes 01 –45’. |
| Models UK2, 3, 4. Only a part of these models is the actual driving licence. The remainder of the paper is a |
| counterpart, on which traffic convictions are recorded and which contains definitions of categories, etc. |
| Model UK5. This model consists of a Community model plastic card licence and a separate counterpart on |
| which convictions for traffic infringements are recorded. |
| Model UK4, 5. The period of issue of models 4 and 5 is overlapping. |
| Models UK6, 7. — Northern Ireland. These licence models issued in Northern Ireland consist of a paper driv- |
| ing licence with additional space for endorsements plus a photographic plastic counterpart. On both the li- |
| cence and the counterpart the details of the holder are recorded. |
| The model issued from January 1985 to January 1986 is no longer valid. |
| Model UK8. — Northern Ireland. This model consists of a Community model plastic card licence and a sepa- |
| rate counterpart on which traffic infringements are recorded. |
| Model UK9. — Gibraltar. All categories of all licence models that have been issued before 1990 were valid for |
| three years only. Thus all models which have been issued before model UK10 are no longer valid. |
| Model UK9. — Gibraltar. The equivalent entitlement ‘B1 79’ refers to tricycles only; the equivalent entitle- |
| ment ‘B 1’ refers to quadriycles only. |
| UK: Description and security features |
| Model UK1. |
| Security features: A watermark styled ‘DVLA’ is repeated in rows throughout the length of the licence (most clearly |
| visible when held up to light); the actual licence paper has‘driving licence’in small capitals imprinted on it throughout |
| in variable size. |
| Model UK2. |
| Security features: A watermark styled ‘DVLA’ is repeated in rows throughout the length of the licence (most clearly |
| visible when held up to light); the ‘licence’ part of the document is characterised by a wavy pattern of alternating light |
| and dark pink waves; in the box at the top left hand corner of the document containing the GB and the translations of |
| ‘Driving Licence’ in the language of the various Member States, the translations are within a spirographic pattern; at |
| the lower right of the box referred to above is a box with the four corners defined, within which are the words ‘driver |
| and vehicle licensing centre’ in small capitals from continuous lines throughout; the ‘This is your Driver Number’ and |
| ‘Issue No’ boxes above this just-mentioned box have a similar pattern. |
| Model UK3. |
| Security features: A watermark styled ‘DVLA’ is repeated in rows throughout the length of the licence (best seen when |
| held up to light); on the lower part of the counterpart portion, the letters ‘DVLA’ in capitals, separated by a space |
| equivalent to one character between each set of ‘DVLA’, forming wavy lines in the middle half. |
| After March 1994, the lower part of the counterpart portion, throughout the area to the right and left of the central |
| part with the wavy lines made up of the letters‘DVLA’has embossed impressions of a saloon car, on the left side facing |
| right and on the right side facing left. |
| Model UK4. |
| Security features: Roundel motif overlaps both the photographic and the ghosted images; the text ‘DVLA’ is repeated |
| at regular frequency across the bottom part of the card with a colour shift as the viewing angle is changed. |
| Model UK5. — Northern Ireland. |
| Description: Coloured watermark paper, folded and kept in a plastic cover. Hard plastic identification card with vinyl |
| photo fits in pocket in cover. |
| Security features: The actual licence paper has‘Driving Licence’in small capita ls imprinted on it throughout in variable |
| size and in a wavy pattern; a watermark styled ‘DOENI’ is repeated throughout the length of the licence (most clearly |
| visible when held up to light). |
| Model UK6. — Northern Ireland. |
| Description: Coloured watermark paper, folded and kept in plastic cover. Hard plastic identification card with photo- |
| graphic image fits in pocket in cover. |
| Security features: The actual licence paper has‘Driver Licensing Central Office’in small capitals imprinted on it through- |
| out in variable size. A watermark styled ‘DOENI’ is repeated in rows throughout the length of the licence (most clearly |
| visible when held up to light). A new style plastic identification card with a clear plastic laminated overlay was intro- |
| duced in November 1994. |
