Does the 12-month grace period for renewing a DL apply to 2-year licences?

[Badger18]

I read in the "How to renew a 5-year DL" topic that there is a 12-month grace period, but does anyone know:

 

- if this applies to 2-year "temporary" licences

- if you are legal to drive in the grace period (or if it's just that you don't have to start again as if you'd never had a licence)

 

Bonus Q: I'm assuming I will need a residence cert to renew, but what I've seen on that is from a long time ago, so can anyone confirm it's still a requirement?

 

TIA

[DrJoy]

9 minutes ago, Badger18 said:

if this applies to 2-year "temporary" licences

- if you are legal to drive in the grace period (or if it's just that you don't have to start again as if you'd never had a licence)

 

NO

 

NO

 

Have to start again as if you'd never had a licence.

[Liquorice]

2 hours ago, Badger18 said:

I read in the "How to renew a 5-year DL" topic that there is a 12-month grace period, but does anyone know:

Is there are 12 month grace period in the Country you come from?

My local DLT will grant a month's grace to replace an out of date licence, without having to sit the full test.
Driving with an out of date licence is of course an offence.