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This does not apply to driving licences issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland. Since July 2015, all UK driving licence photocards issued by the DVLA have displayed the Union Jack flag, and since December 2021 also the Royal Coat of Arms on the front of the driving licence. A new updated design has been issued from January 2021, now simply reading “UK” in larger blue letters, where the EU flag with the circle of stars surrounding the 'UK' code used to be. Prior to the UK leaving the European Union on 31 January 2020 and during the transition period which ended on 31 December 2020, a UK driving licence was a European driving licence, adhering to Directive 2006/126/EC and valid throughout the European Economic Area. Similar requirements apply in Northern Ireland under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. A driving licence is required in England, Scotland, and Wales for any person (except the sovereign) driving a vehicle on any highway or other 'road', as defined in s.192 Road Traffic Act 1988, irrespective of the ownership of the land over which the road passes.

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It is administered in England, Scotland and Wales by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and in Northern Ireland by the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA). In the United Kingdom, a driving licence is the official document which authorises its holder to operate motor vehicles on highways and other public roads. Example of a driving licence issued in Great Britain after December 2021.