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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

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Publication 1999-10-19

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Certified direct access instructors

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(1) An approved training body may, subject to the following provisions of this regulation, authorise instructors to conduct on his behalf the instruction of persons who hold provisional licences authorising the riding of A2 motorcycles or A3 motorcycles in the riding of A2 motorcycles or A3 motorcycles, as appropriate.

(2) A person may not be authorised under paragraph (1) unless he—

(a) holds a full licence to drive motor bicycles,

(b) either—

(i) was authorised on 30th January 1998 to conduct instruction by an approved training body in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 and has held that licence for a period of, or periods amounting in aggregate to, not less than 2 years, or

(ii) if he was not so authorised, is at least 21 years of age and has held that licence for a period of, or periods amounting in aggregate to, not less than 3 years.

(d) has successfully completed the Secretary of State’s assessment course for certified direct access instructors.

(3) An authorisation given under paragraph (1) shall be of no effect unless—

(a) the person whom the approved training body proposes to authorise, or another person who is at that time validly authorised by the approved training body to provide instruction in the riding of motor bicycles other than A1 motorcycles, has successfully completed the Secretary of State’s assessment course for certified instructors in addition to the assessment course for direct access instructors,

(b) the approved training body has notified the Secretary of State in writing of the proposed authorisation, and

(3A) A person does not have to satisfy the conditions mentioned in paragraph (3)(c) and (d) if that person is entitled to give paid instruction in the riding of A1 motorcycles and mopeds by virtue of Part 3 of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015.

(3B) A person is exempt from the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(b) and (d) and paragraph (3)(a) if that person is entitled to give paid instruction in the riding of A2 motorcycles or A3 motorcycles by virtue of Part 2 of the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

(4) An authorisation given under paragraph (1) shall be of no effect in the case of a direct access instructor unless there is in force in respect of him a valid certificate, in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 13, issued by the Secretary of State to the person who has authorised him under paragraph (1).

(5) The Secretary of State may at any time by notice in writing withdraw an approval given under paragraph (3)(c) and any authorisation given under paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect from the date of such notice.

(6) Any authorisation given under paragraph (1) by an approved training body shall cease to have effect if at any time there ceases to be a person who—

(a) is validly authorised by that approved training body to conduct instruction in accordance with paragraph (1), and

(b) has successfully completed the Secretary of State’s assessment course for certified instructors in addition to the assessment course for direct access instructors.

(7) Where—

(a) a person who is an approved training body satisfies the conditions set out in paragraph (2),

(b) either he or another person who is at that time validly authorised by him to provide instruction in the riding of motor bicycles other than A1 motorcycles has successfully completed the Secretary of State’s assessment course for certified instructors in addition to the assessment course for direct access instructors, and

(c) there is in force in respect of that training body a valid certificate issued by the Secretary of State under paragraph (4),

he shall be deemed to have been authorised under paragraph (1) as a certified direct access instructor.

(8) Regulations 60(7) and (8), 62(3) and 63 shall apply in respect of a certified direct access instructor as they apply in respect of a certified instructor as if the references therein to the issue of certificates and the giving or withdrawal of approval were references to the issue of certificates and the giving or withdrawal of approval under this regulation.

(9) Where an authorisation given, or deemed to be given, under this regulation in respect of a certified direct access instructor ceases to have effect by virtue of any of the foregoing provisions of this regulation that instructor shall as soon as is reasonably practicable return the certificate issued under paragraph (4) to the approved training body who must, on receiving it, return it immediately to the Secretary of State.

Temporary certified direct access instructors

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Miscellaneous

Eligibility to undertake approved training course

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No person shall be eligible to undertake an approved training course unless at the time he undertakes it he holds a provisional licence authorising him to drive a motor bicycle or moped of the class on which the course is to be undertaken or is entitled, by virtue of section 98 or 99A of the Traffic Act and regulation 19, to drive a motor bicycle of that class subject to the same conditions as the holder of a provisional licence.

Ratio of trainees to instructors

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(1) Where, during an approved training course, more than one person is receiving on-site instruction and practical on-site riding as part of elements (B) and (C) of the prescribed training course—

(a) in the case of instruction or riding which may under these Regulations be conducted by a certified or an assistant instructor, there shall be no more than four such persons in the charge of any one instructor at any one time,

(b) in the case of instruction or riding which must under regulation 64 be conducted by a certified direct access instructor, there shall be no more than two such persons in the charge of any one instructor at any one time.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), when riders are undertaking element (E) of the prescribed training course—

(a) there must be no more than two riders in the charge of any one certified or certified direct access instructor at any one time, and

(b) the instructor must be able to communicate with each rider by means of a radio which is not hand-held while in operation.

(3) The requirement specified in paragraph (2)(b) shall not apply in the case of a rider who is unable, by reason of impaired hearing, to receive directions from the instructor by radio where the rider and the instructor are employing a satisfactory means of communication which they have agreed before the start of element (E).

Evidence of successful completion of course

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(1) The certified instructor or the certified direct access instructor who conducted element (E) of the prescribed training course shall furnish a person who successfully completes an approved training course with a certificate in the form set out in Part 3 of Schedule 13 and signed by that instructor.

(2) A certificate under paragraph (1) is not valid either for the purposes of section 97(3)(e) of the Traffic Act or as evidence of the succesful completion of an approved training course for the purposes of regulation 38(8)—

(a) if the person to whom it is issued is at the time of issue ineligible to undertake the training course and

(b) after whichever is the earliest of the following dates, namely—

(i) in a case where the person to whom the certificate was furnished is subsequently disqualified by order of a court under section 36 of the Offenders Act, the date on which the order is made;

(ii) in a case where the licence of the person to whom the certificate was furnished is subsequently revoked by the Secretary of State under section 3(1) of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995, the date on which the revocation has effect in accordance with section 3(2) of that Act;

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(iv) ... the last day of the period of 2 years beginning with the date of the certificate.

(3) A certified instructor or a certified direct access instructor shall issue certificates using forms supplied by the Secretary of State to the approved training body and the Secretary of State may make a charge of £8 per form.

(4) An approved training body may, if satisfied that a certificate issued to a person who has successfully completed an approved training course conducted by that body has been lost or destroyed, issue a duplicate certificate but may not make a charge exceeding £20 in respect of the issue of any one certificate.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, a certificate furnished before 19th January 2013 in the form set out in Part 3 of Schedule 13 to these Regulations as they stood before amendment by the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 shall be regarded as a certificate under paragraph (1).

Approved training courses before 19th January 2013

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(1) A person who, before 19th January 2013, was authorised as an approved training body, or as a certified instructor, shall be treated as an approved training body or a certified instructor (as the case may be) in relation to motor bicycles or mopeds, as appropriate.

(2) A person who, before 19th January 2013, was authorised, or deemed to be authorised, as a certified direct access instructor shall be treated as, or as being deemed to be authorised as, a certified direct access instructor in relation to motor bicycles.

(3) A course which, before 19th January 2013, was an approved training course shall be treated as an approved training course for riders of bicycles or mopeds, as appropriate.

(4) A certificate which, before 19th January 2013, was issued to a person referred to in paragraph (1) in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 13 shall, subject to regulation 60(7), be treated as being in force in respect of that person.

Exemptions from Part V

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), section 98(3)(c) of the Traffic Act shall not apply to a person who—

(a) passed a test in respect of a vehicle in former category P after 30th November 1990 and before 19th January 2013, or

(b) passes the test for the time being prescribed in respect of category AM,

and such a person shall be exempt from the requirement imposed by section 89(2A) of that Act.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall cease to apply to a person if he is disqualified by order of a court under section 36 of the Offenders Act.

(2A) Subject to paragraph (2C), section 89(2A) of the Traffic Act shall not apply to a person who is for the time being the holder of a full licence for a class of vehicle included in category A in respect of a test of competence to drive a vehicle of any other class included in that category.

(2B) Subject to paragraph (2C), a person who is for the time being the holder of a full licence for a class of vehicle included in category AM or A shall be exempt from the restriction imposed by section 97(3)(e) on his driving a vehicle of any class included in category AM or A.

(2C) The exemptions conferred by paragraphs (2A) and (2B) shall not apply in relation to the holder of a full licence authorising him only to drive a vehicle included in category A having automatic transmission in respect of—

(a) a test of competence to drive a vehicle having manual transmission; or

(b) his driving a vehicle having manual transmission.

(3) A provisional licence or provisional entitlement holder who is resident on an exempted island shall be exempt from the requirement imposed by section 89(2A) of the Traffic Act in respect of a test of competence to drive a motor bicycle of any class taken, or to be taken, on an island, whether or not that island is an exempted island.

(4) A provisional licence holder who is resident on an exempted island shall be exempt from the restriction imposed by section 97(3)(e) of the Traffic Act if he satisfies either of the conditions set out in paragraph (6).

(5) Section 98(3)(c) of the Traffic Act shall not apply to a provisional entitlement holder who is resident on an exempted island if he satisfies either of the conditions set in paragraph (6).

(6) The conditions referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5) are that he is—

(a) driving on an exempted island, whether or not he is also resident on that island; or

(b) driving on an island which is not an exempted island for the purpose of—

(i) undertaking, or travelling to or from, an approved training course,

(ii) undergoing, or travelling to or from a place where he is to take or where he has taken, a test of competence prescribed in respect of category AM or A.

(7) In this regulation—

“exempted island" means any island in Great Britain other than—the Isle of Wight, the island which comprises Lewis and Harris, the island which comprises North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist, Mainland Orkney and Mainland Shetland, andany other island from which motor vehicles not constructed or adapted for special purposes can at some time be conveniently driven to a road in any other part of Great Britain because of the presence of a bridge, tunnel, ford or other way suitable for the passage of such motor vehicles;

“provisional licence holder" means a person who holds a provisional licence which, subject to section 97(3) of the Traffic Act, authorises the driving of motor bicycles of any class; and

“provisional entitlement holder" means a person who holds a full licence which is treated, by virtue of section 98 of the Traffic Act and regulation 19, as authorising him to drive motor bicycles of any class as if he held a provisional licence therefor.

Review of Part V

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(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of regulations 58 to 69,

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by regulations 58 to 69,

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published by 9th December 2021.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

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PART VI — DISABILITIES

Licence groups

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(1) In this Part of these Regulations—

“Group 1 licence" means a licence in so far as it authorises its holder to drive classes of motor vehicle included in— categories AM, A, B, B+E, F, G, H, K and L, the former category N,

“Group 2 licence" means, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a licence in so far as it authorises its holder to drive classes of motor vehicle included in any other category, and

“licence" includes, unless the context otherwise requires, a Northern Ireland licence and a Community licence.

(2) In so far as a licence authorises its holder to drive vehicles of a class included in sub-categories C1, C1+E (8.25 tonnes), D1 (not for hire or reward) and D1+E (not for hire or reward) it is a Group 1 licence while it remains in force if—

(a) it was in force at a time before 1st January 1997, or

(b) it is granted upon the expiry of a licence which was in force at a time before 1st January 1997 and comes into force not later than 31st December 1997.

(3) Subject to paragraph (6)(d) of regulation 7, a licence shall be a Group 1 licence in so far as it authorises, by virtue of paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of that regulation, the driving of a class of motor vehicles which is not included in a category or sub-category specified in relation to a Group 1 licence in paragraph (1) or (2) above.

Disabilities prescribed in respect of Group 1 and 2 licences

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(1) The following disabilities are prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as relevant disabilities in relation to an applicant for, or a person who holds, a Group 1 or Group 2 licence—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) severe mental disorder;

(c) liability to sudden attacks of disabling giddiness or fainting which are caused by any disorder or defect of the heart as a result of which the applicant for the licence or, as the case may be, the holder of the licence has a device implanted in his body, being a device which, by operating on the heart so as to regulate its action, is designed to correct the disorder or defect;

(d) liability to sudden attacks of disabling giddiness or fainting, other than attacks falling within paragraph (1)(c); and

(e) persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol, whether or not such misuse amounts to dependency.

(2) The disability prescribed in paragraph (1)(c) is prescribed for the purpose of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 1 or Group 2 licence if the applicant suffering from that disability satisfies the Secretary of State that—

(a) the driving of a vehicle by him in pursuance of the licence is not likely to be a source of danger to the public; and

(b) he has made adequate arrangements to receive regular medical supervision by a cardiologist (being a supervision to be continued throughout the period of the licence) and is conforming to those arrangements.

(3) The following disabilities are prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (c) of section 92(4) of the Traffic Act namely, any disability consisting solely of any one or more of—

(a) the absence of one or more limbs,

(b) the deformity of one or more limbs, or

(4) In this regulation—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), the expression “severe mental disorder" includes mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of the mind, psychopathic disorder and severe impairment of intelligence or social functioning;

(b) in paragraph (2)(b), the expression “cardiologist" means a registered medical practitioner who specialises in disorders or defects of the heart and who, in that connection, holds a hospital appointment;

(c) in paragraph (3), references to a limb include references to a part of a limb, and the reference to loss of use, in relation to a limb, includes a reference to a deficiency of limb movement or power.

Disabilities prescribed in respect of Group 1 licences

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(1) Impairment of vision is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or a holder of, a Group 1 licence, who is unable to satisfy the following standards—

(a) the Group 1 visual acuity standard in paragraph (1A);

(b) the Group 1 visual field standard in paragraph (1C); and

(1A) The Group 1 visual acuity standard is—

(a) a visual acuity of at least 6/12 (decimal 0.5); and

(b) the ability to read in good daylight a registration mark which is affixed to a motor vehicle and contains characters of the prescribed size,

in either case with corrective lenses if necessary.

(1B) For the purposes of paragraph (1A)(b), “characters of the prescribed size” means characters 79 millimetres high and 50 millimetres wide in a case where they are viewed from a distance of—

(a) 12 metres, by an applicant for, or the holder of, a licence authorising the driving of a vehicle of a class included in category K, and

(b) 20 metres, in any other case.

(1C) The Group 1 visual field standard is—

(a) a measurement of at least 120 degrees on the horizontal plane;

(b) an extension of at least 50 degrees left and an extension of at least 50 degrees right;

(d) no significant defects present within a radius of the central 20 degrees.

(1D) The adaptation standard for a person having diplopia or sight in only one eye is that ..., there has been—

(a) an appropriate period of adaptation; and

(b) clinical confirmation of full adaptation.

(1E) Impairment of vision is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 1 licence who fails to meet the visual field standard, where that person satisfies the following conditions—

(a) the visual acuity standard in paragraph (1A) is met;

(b) any visual field defect has been present for at least one year;

(d) there is no other condition or pathology present which is regarded as progressive and likely to affect the visual field;

(e) there is clinical confirmation of full functional adaptation;

(f) the applicant has sight in both eyes;

(g) there is no uncontrolled diplopia;

(h) there is no other impairment of visual function, including glare sensitivity, contrast sensitivity or impairment of twilight vision;

(i) since developing any visual field defect, the applicant has passed a disability assessment test; and

(j) the Secretary of State is satisfied that the driving of a vehicle by that person in accordance with the licence is not likely to be a source of danger to the public.

(2) Epilepsy is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or a holder of, a Group 1 licence, who has had two or more epileptic seizures during the previous five year period.

(2A) Epilepsy is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 1 licence who satisfies the conditions set out in paragraph (2F) and who has either—

(a) been free from any unprovoked seizure during the period of one year immediately preceding the date when the licence is granted; or

(b) during that one year period has suffered no unprovoked seizure other than a permitted seizure.

(2B) A permitted seizure for the purposes of paragraph (2A)(b) is—

(a) a seizure, which can include a medication adjustment seizure, falling within only one of the permitted patterns of seizure; or

(b) a medication adjustment seizure where—

(i) that medication adjustment seizure does not fall within a permitted pattern of seizure;

(ii) previously effective medication has been reinstated for at least 6 months immediately preceding the date when the licence is granted;

(iii) that seizure occurred more than 6 months before the date when the licence is granted; and

(iv) there have been no other unprovoked seizures since that seizure; or

(i) that earlier seizure had, to that point, formed part of only one permitted pattern of seizure and had occurred prior to any medication adjustment seizure not falling within the same permitted pattern; or

(ii) it is a medication adjustment seizure, which was not followed by any other type of unprovoked seizure, except for another medication adjustment seizure.

(2C) A permitted pattern of seizure for the purposes of paragraph (2B), is a pattern of seizures—

(a) occurring during sleep, where—

(i) there has been a seizure while asleep more than one year before the date when the licence is granted;

(ii) there have been seizures only while asleep between the date of that seizure while asleep and the date the licence is granted; and

(iii) there has never been an unprovoked seizure while awake; or

(b) occurring during sleep, where—

(i) there has been a seizure while asleep more than three years before the date when the licence is granted;

(ii) there have been seizures only while asleep between the date of that seizure while asleep and the date the licence is granted; and

(iii) there is also a history of unprovoked seizure while awake, the last of which occurred more than three years before the date when the licence is granted, or

(i) such a seizure has occurred more than one year before the date when the licence is granted;

(ii) there have only been such seizures between the date of that seizure and the date when the licence is granted; and

(iii) there has never been any other type of unprovoked seizure.

(2D) An isolated seizure is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or a holder of, a Group 1 licence—

(a) in a case where there is an underlying causative factor that may increase future risk, where such a seizure has occurred during the previous one year period; and

(b) in any other case, where such a seizure has occurred during the previous 6 month period.

(2E) An isolated seizure is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 1 licence, who—

(i) in a case where there is an underlying causative factor that may increase future risk, has had such a seizure more than one year immediately before the date when the licence is granted; and

(ii) in any other case, has had such a seizure more than 6 months immediately before the date when the licence is granted;

(b) has had no other unprovoked seizure since that seizure; and

(2F) The conditions are that—

(a) so far as is practicable, the applicant complies with the directions regarding treatment for epilepsy or isolated seizure, including directions as to regular medical check-ups made as part of that treatment, which may from time to time be given by a registered medical practitioner or one of the clinical team working under the supervision of that registered medical practitioner;

(b) if required to do so by the Secretary of State, the applicant has provided a signed declaration agreeing to observe the condition in sub-paragraph (a);

(c) if required by the Secretary of State, there has been an appropriate medical assessment by a registered medical practitioner; and

(d) the Secretary of State is satisfied that the driving of a vehicle by the applicant in accordance with the licence is not likely to be a source of danger to the public.

(3) The disability described in paragraph (1) is prescribed for the purposes of section 94(5)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for, or a person who holds, a Group 1 licence.

(4) Diabetes mellitus is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or a holder of, a Group 1 licence, who is being treated with insulin or another medication which carries a risk of inducing hypoglycaemia and—

(a) has experienced two or more episodes of severe hypoglycaemia while awake during the previous one year period, and the most recent episode occurred during the previous three month period; or

(b) has impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia.

(5) Diabetes mellitus is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 1 licence who is being treated with insulin and—

(a) does not fall within paragraph (4)(a);

(b) does not have impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia; and

(6) The conditions are that the applicant—

(a) can demonstrate an understanding of the risks of hypoglycaemia and adequate control of the condition;

(b) undertakes appropriate monitoring to assess glucose levels and any risk of hypoglycaemia;

(d) is a person in respect of whom the Secretary of State is satisfied that the driving of a vehicle in accordance with the licence is not likely to be a source of danger to the public.

(a) in relation to eyesight—

references to measurements of visual acuity are references to visual acuity measured as decimals or fractions on the Snellen Scale; and

“sight in only one eye” means there is total functional loss of vision in one eye, or use of only one eye.in relation to epilepsy and isolated seizure—

“epilepsy” means the occurrence of two or more unprovoked seizures over a period which exceeds 24 hours and “epileptic seizure” means any such seizure;

“isolated seizure” means—one or more unprovoked seizures occurring over a single period which does not exceed 24 hours; orone or more unprovoked seizures occurring over a period which does not exceed 24 hours, where that period of seizure has occurred more than five years after the last unprovoked seizure;

“medication adjustment seizure” means a seizure occurring during and because of documented physician advised substitution, reduction or withdrawal of anti epilepsy medication;

“provoked seizure” means a seizure which has a recognisable causative factor which is reliably avoidable and which is not a medication adjustment seizure;

“unprovoked seizure” means a seizure which is not a provoked seizure.in relation to diabetes—

“impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia” means the inability to detect the onset of hypoglycaemia because of a total absence of warning symptoms;

“severe hypoglycaemia” means an episode of hypoglycaemia requiring the assistance of another person.

Disabilities prescribed in respect of Group 2 licences

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(1) Impairment of vision is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or the holder of, a Group 2 licence who—

(a) is unable to satisfy the standards in paragraph (2);

(b) has sight in only one eye, unless that person —

(i) held an obsolete vocational licence on 1st April 1991, provided

(aa) the traffic commissioner who granted the last obsolete vocational licence knew of the disability before 1st January 1991; and

(bb) the additional conditions in sub-paragraph (5) are satisfied; or

(ii) is an excepted licence holder;

(i) is able to meet the relevant standard of visual acuity prescribed in that sub-paragraph only with the aid of corrective lenses, and

(ii) is unable to meet the standard for corrective lenses set out in paragraph (4A); or

(d) suffers from uncontrolled diplopia.

(2) The standards to be satisfied for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a) the Group 1 visual acuity standard in regulation 72(1A);

(b) other than in the case of an excepted licence holder, the relevant Group 2 additional visual acuity standard in paragraph (3); and

(3) The relevant Group 2 additional standard of visual acuity for the purposes of paragraph (2) means—

(a) in the case of a person who—

(i) was the holder of a valid Group 2 licence or obsolete vocational licence upon each relevant date specified in column (1) of Table 1 at the end of this regulation, and

(ii) if he is an applicant for a Group 2 licence, satisfies the Secretary of State that he has had adequate recent driving experience and has not during the period of 10 years immediately before the date of the application been involved in any road accident in which his defective eyesight was a contributory factor,

the standard prescribed in relation to him in column (2) of Table 1;

(b) in the case of a person who—

(i) does not fall within sub-paragraph (a), and

(ii) was or is the holder of a valid Group 2 licence upon the relevant date specified in column (1) of Table 2 at the end of this regulation,

the standard prescribed in relation to him in column (2) of Table 2;

(c) in the case of any other person, a measurement of visual acuity (with the aid of corrective lenses if necessary) of at least 6/7.5 (decimal 0.8) in the better eye and at least 6/60 (decimal 0.1) in the worse eye.

(4) The Group 2 visual field standard is—

(a) a measurement of at least 160 degrees on the horizontal plane;

(b) an extension of at least 70 degrees left and an extension of at least 70 degrees right;

(d) no defect is present within a radius of the central 30 degrees; and

(e) no other impairment of visual function, including glare sensitivity, contrast sensitivity or impairment of twilight vision.

(4A) The corrective lenses standard requires that there is not—

(a) poor toleration of the correction made by the lenses; or

(b) an inability to meet the visual acuity standard in paragraph (3)(c) except with glasses having a power exceeding plus eight dioptres.

(5) The additional conditions prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph 1(b)(i)(bb) are—

(a) the visual acuity in the sighted eye is—

(i) in the case of a person who also held such a licence on 1st January 1983, no worse than 6/12 (decimal 0.5), or

(ii) in any other case, no worse than 6/9 (decimal 0.67) ;

(b) the applicant satisfies the Secretary of State that there has been adequate recent driving experience and that during the period of 10 years immediately before the date of the application, there has been no involvement in any road accident where the applicant’s defective eyesight was a contributory factor; and

(c) the Secretary of State is satisfied that the driving of a vehicle by the applicant, in accordance with the licence, is not likely to be a source of danger to the public.

(6) Diabetes mellitus is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or a holder of, a Group 2 licence who is being treated with insulin or another medication which carries a risk of inducing hypoglycaemia and—

(a) has experienced one or more episodes of severe hypoglycaemia during the previous one year period; or

(b) does not have full awareness of hypoglycaemia.

(6A) Diabetes mellitus is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 2 licence, who—

(a) is being treated with insulin and—

(i) has undergone treatment with insulin for at least 4 weeks;

(ii) has full awareness of hypoglycaemia;

(iii) has not, during the period of one year immediately preceding the date when the licence is granted, had an episode of severe hypoglycaemia; and

(iv) satisfies the conditions prescribed in paragraphs (6B) and (6C); or

(b) is being treated with a medication which carries a risk of inducing hypoglycaemia, other than insulin, and—

(i) has full awareness of hypoglycaemia;

(ii) has not, during the period of one year immediately preceding the date when the licence is granted, had an episode of severe hypoglycaemia; and

(iii) satisfies the conditions prescribed in paragraphs (6B) and (6D).

(6B) The conditions are that the applicant—

(a) regularly monitors his or her condition and, in particular, undertakes appropriate monitoring to assess glucose levels and any risk of hypoglycaemia at least twice daily and at times relevant to driving;

(b) provides a signed declaration to the Secretary of State that he or she—

(i) understands the risk of hypoglycaemia and will comply with such directions regarding treatment for diabetes as may from time to time be given by the registered medical practitioner overseeing that treatment, or one of the clinical team working under the supervision of that registered medical practitioner;

(ii) will immediately report to the Secretary of State in writing any significant change in his or her condition and pending any enquiries being made by the Secretary of State, will follow the advice of his or her registered medical practitioner, or one of the clinical team working under the supervision of that registered medical practitioner, concerning fitness to drive; and

(iii) will provide such evidence as the Secretary of State may request to demonstrate that the monitoring referred to in sub-paragraph (a) is being carried out;

(c) is a person in respect of whom the Secretary of State is satisfied that the driving of a vehicle in accordance with the licence is not likely to be a source of danger to the public.

(6C) The further conditions for an applicant who is being treated with insulin are that—

(a) the applicant has attended an examination by a hospital consultant specialising in the treatment of diabetes, who has provided a report sufficient to satisfy the Secretary of State that the applicant has a history of responsible diabetic control and currently has a minimal risk of impairment due to hypoglycaemia;

(b) the applicant monitors his or her condition as set out in paragraph (6B)(a), using an appropriate device that measures and records glucose levels, and undertakes to continue so to monitor.

(6D) The further condition for an applicant who is not being treated with insulin is that—

the applicant has attended an examination by a registered medical practitioner, who has provided a report sufficient to satisfy the Secretary of State that the applicant has a history of responsible diabetic control and currently has a minimal risk of impairment due to hypoglycaemia.

(6E) In this regulation “severe hypoglycaemia” has the same meaning as in regulation 72(7).

(7) Liability to seizures arising from a cause other than epilepsy is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) in relation to an applicant for or a person who holds a Group 2 licence.

(8) Epilepsy is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability in relation to an applicant for, or a holder of, a Group 2 licence, where two or more epileptic seizures have occurred, or that person has been prescribed medication to treat epilepsy, during the previous ten year period.

(8A) Epilepsy is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 2 licence who—

(a) in the case of a person whose last epileptic seizure was an isolated seizure, satisfies the conditions in paragraph (8C) and (8D); or

(b) in any other case, satisfies the conditions set out in paragraph (8D) and who, for a period of at least 10 years immediately preceding the date when the licence is granted has—

(i) been free from any epileptic seizure, and

(ii) has not been prescribed any medication to treat epilepsy.

(8B) An isolated seizure is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(2) of the Traffic Act as a relevant disability, in relation to an applicant for, or a holder of, a Group 2 licence, where during the previous five year period, such a seizure has occurred, or that person has been prescribed medication to treat epilepsy or a seizure.

(8C) An isolated seizure is prescribed for the purposes of section 92(4)(b) of the Traffic Act in relation to an applicant for a Group 2 licence who satisfies the conditions set out in paragraph (8D) and who, for a period of at least five years immediately preceding the date when the licence is granted—

(a) has been free from any unprovoked seizure, and

(b) has not been prescribed medication to treat epilepsy or a seizure.

(8D) The conditions are that—

(a) if required by the Secretary of State, there has been an appropriate medical assessment by a neurologist; and

(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that the driving of a vehicle by the applicant, in accordance with the licence, is not likely to be a source of danger to the public.

(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11) In this regulation—

(a) references to measurements of visual acuity and to “sight in only one eye” have the same meaning as in regulation 72(7)(a).

(b) “excepted licence holder" means a person who—

(i) was the holder of a licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in sub-categories C1 and C1+E (8.25 tonnes) which was in force at a time before 1st January 1997, and

(ii) is an applicant for, or the holder of, a Group 2 licence solely by reason that the licence applied for or held authorises (or would, if granted, authorise) the driving of vehicles included in those sub-categories.

(c) “obsolete vocational licence" means a licence to drive heavy goods vehicles granted under Part IV of the Traffic Act as originally enacted or a licence to drive public service vehicles granted under section 22 of the 1981 Act which was in force a time before 1 April 1991.

(d) the expressions “epilepsy”, “epileptic seizure”, “provoked seizure” and “unprovoked seizure” have the same meaning as in regulation 72(7)(b);

(e) isolated seizure has the same meaning as in regulation 72(7)(b), except that “ten years” is substituted for “five years” in sub paragraph (ii) of that definition.

(1) Person holding Group 2 licence or obsolete vocational licence on:	(2) Standard of visual acuity applicable:
. . .	. . .
2. 1 March 1992, but not on 1 January 1983	acuity (with the aid of corrective lenses if necessary) of at least 6/9 (decimal 0.66) in the better eye or at least 6/12 (decimal 0.5) in the worse eye, or uncorrected acuity of at least 3/60 (decimal 0.05) in at least one eye.
(1) Person holding Group 2 licence on:	(2) Standard of visual acuity applicable:
---	---
1. 31 December 1996, but not on 1 March 1992.	Acuity (with the aid of corrective lenses if necessary) of at least 6/9 in the better eye and at least 6/12 in the worse eye and, if corrective lenses are needed to meet that standard, uncorrected acuity of at least 3/60 in at least one eye.
. . .	. . .

Disabilities requiring medical investigation: High Risk Offenders

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of subsection (5) of section 94 of the Traffic Act, under subsection (4) of that section, are that the person who is an applicant for, or holder of, a licence—

(a) has been disqualified by an order of a court by reason that the proportion of alcohol in his body equalled or exceeded—

(i) 87.5 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath, or

(ii) 200 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood, or

(iii) 267.5 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of urine;

(b) has been disqualified by order of a court by reason that he has failed, without reasonable excuse, to provide a specimen when required to do so pursuant to section 7 of the Traffic Act; ...

(bb) has been disqualified by order of a court by reason of failure, without reasonable excuse, to give permission for a laboratory test of a specimen of blood taken pursuant to section 7A of the Traffic Act; or

(i) the proportion of alcohol in his breath, blood or urine exceeded the limit prescribed by virtue of section 5 of the Traffic Act, or

(ii) he was unfit to drive through drink contrary to section 4 of that Act.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) and (b) a court order shall not be taken into account unless it was made on or after 1st June 1990 and paragraph (1)(c) shall not apply to a person unless the last such order was made on or after 1st June 1990.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 1(bb) a court order shall not be taken into account unless it was made on or after 1st June 2013.

Examination by an officer of the Secretary of State

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(1) There are prescribed for the purposes of section 94(5)(b)(ii) (examination of a licence applicant or holder by an officer of the Secretary of State) the following disabilities—

(a) impairment of vision;

(b) a disability consisting of any one or more of the following—

(i) the absence of one or more limbs,

(ii) the deformity of one or more limbs,

(iii) the loss of use of one or more limbs whether or not progressive in nature, and

(iv) impairment of co-ordination of movement of the limbs or of co-ordination between a limb and the eye;

(2) In paragraph (1)(b), a reference to a limb includes a reference to part of a limb, and the reference to loss of use in relation to a limb includes a reference to impairment of limb movement, power or sensation.

PART VII — SUPPLEMENTARY

Transitional provisions

Effect of change in classification of vehicles for licensing purposes

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(1) In a licence (whether full or provisional) granted before 1st January 1997, a reference to motor vehicles in an older category shall be construed as a reference to motor vehicles in the new category corresponding thereto and a reference to motor vehicles of a class included in an older category shall be construed as a reference to vehicles of the corresponding class included in the new category.

(2) Where a licence granted before 1st January 1997 authorises only the driving of a class of motor vehicles included in an older category having automatic transmission, it shall authorise the driving of the corresponding class of vehicles in the new category having automatic transmission.

(2A) Subject to paragraphs (3C) to (3E), in a licence (whether full or provisional) granted before 19th January 2013, a reference to motor vehicles in an old category shall be construed as a reference to motor vehicles in the new category corresponding thereto and a reference to motor vehicles of a class included in an old category shall be construed as a reference to vehicles of the corresponding class included in the new category.

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a reference in a licence to motor vehicles in an older category (or a class included in that category) includes a reference in a licence granted before 1st June 1990 to a group or class of motor vehicles which is, by virtue of any enactment, to be construed as a reference to vehicles in the older category (or a class included in that category).

(3C) Where a licence (whether full or provisional) granted before 19th January 2013 authorises the driving of—

(a) standard motor bicycles only, or

(b) standard motor bicycles and side-car combinations only,

any reference in that licence to motor vehicles in category A (save for those in sub-category A1) shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (3D).

(3D) A reference in a licence of the type referred to in paragraph (3C) granted before 19th January 2013 to motor vehicles in category A shall be construed as a reference—

(a) where the standard access period has not expired, to motor vehicles in sub-category A2; and

(b) where that period has expired, to motor vehicles in category A.

(3E) Paragraph (2A) shall not apply to a reference to vehicles in sub-category D1 in a licence granted before 1st January 1997.

(3F) Where a licence granted before 19th January 2013 authorises only the driving of a class of motor vehicles included in an old category having automatic transmission, it shall not under this regulation authorise the driving of any vehicle not having automatic transmission.

(4) In this regulation—

“old category" and “class included in an old category" mean respectively a category and a class of vehicles specified in column (2) of the table at the end of this regulation,

“older category” and “class included in an older category”, mean respectively a category and a class of vehicles specified in column (1) of the table at the end of this regulation,

“new category” and “class included in a new category”— in relation to an old category, means respectively the category (or, as the case may be, the sub-category) and the class of vehicles specified in column (3) of the table as corresponding to the relevant old category or class included in that old category; andin relation to an older category, means respectively the category (or, as the case may be, the sub-category) and the class of vehicles specified in column (3) of the table as corresponding to the relevant older category or class included in that older category,

“section 19 permit" means a permit granted under section 19 of the 1985 Act. TABLE(1) Older category or class (2) Old category or class(3) Corresponding new category or classA (excluding A1)AA1A1B1Motor tricycles in categories AM and A and light quadricycles in category AMB1, limited to invalid carriagesB1 (invalid carriages)BBB plus EB + EB+EB + EC1C1C1 plus EC1 + E (8.25 tonnes)CCC plus EC+EC plus E, limited to drawbar trailer combinations onlyVehicles in category C+E which are drawbar trailer combinationsD1D1 (not for hire or reward)D1D1D1 plus ED1 + E (not for hire or reward)D1 + ED1 + ED, limited to 16 seatsD1D, limited to vehicles not more than 5.5 metres in lengthD1 and vehicles in category D not more than 5.5 metres in lengthD, limited to vehicles not driven for hire or rewardVehicles in category D which are either driven while being used in accordance with a section 19 permit or, if not being so used, driven otherwise than for hire or rewardDDD plus ED + EFFGGHHKKLLPQ and AM

Saving in respect of entitlement to Group M

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(1) Where a person was authorised by virtue of regulations revoked by these Regulations (whether or not he is also the holder of a licence granted before 1st October 1982) to drive, or to apply for the grant of a licence authorising the driving of, vehicles of a class included in the former group M (trolley vehicles used for the carriage of passengers with more than 16 seats in addition to the driver’s seat), he shall continue to be so authorised and any licence granted to such a person shall be construed as authorising the driving of vehicles of that class.

(2) A person who is authorised to drive vehicles of a class included in the former group M shall, to the extent that he is so authorised, be deemed to be the holder of a Group 1 licence.

Saving in respect of entitlement to former category N

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(1) Where on 31st December 1996 a person was, by virtue of regulations then in force, the holder of, or entitled to apply for the grant of, a licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in—

(a) the former category N (vehicles exempt from vehicle excise duty under section 7(1) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971) alone, or

(b) category F or A and the former category N,

the Secretary of State may, notwithstanding anything otherwise contained in these Regulations, grant to such a person a licence authorising the driving of vehicles in the former category N (with or without vehicles in either or both of the other categories as the case may be) and a person holding such a licence shall be authorised to drive such vehicles.

(2) Where on 31st December 1996 a person was the holder of, or entitled to apply for the grant of, a licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in category B and the former category N, he shall continue to be authorised to drive vehicles in that former category and any licence granted to such a person authorising the driving of vehicles included in category B shall be construed as authorising also the driving of vehicles in that former category.

Saving in respect of entitlement to drive mobile project vehicles

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In relation to a person who was at a time before 1st January 1997 the holder of a licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in category B (except a licence authorising only the driving of vehicles included in former sub-category B1 or sub-category or B1 (invalid carriages)), regulation 7(5) shall apply as if paragraphs (b) and (c) and the words “on behalf of a non-commercial body" were omitted.

Saving in respect of former category and sub-category

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Where a person holds a full licence granted before 19th January 2013 authorising the driving of, or is entitled to apply for the grant of a full licence authorising the driving of, vehicles of a class within the category or sub-category referred to in column (1) of Part 4 of Schedule 2—

(a) that person is authorised to drive, or entitled to apply for the grant of a licence authorising the driving of (as the case may be), vehicles of the relevant class referred to in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 2 which corresponds to that category or sub-category, as appropriate, in column (1); and

(b) the licence granted to that person shall be construed as authorising the driving of vehicles of that class.

Miscellaneous

Persons who become resident in Great Britain

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(1) A person who becomes resident in Great Britain who is—

(a) the holder of a relevant permit, and

(b) not disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence in Great Britain

shall, during the period of one year after he becomes so resident, be treated for the purposes of section 87 of the Traffic Act as the holder of a licence authorising him to drive all classes of small vehicle, motor bicycle or moped which he is authorised to drive by that permit.

(2) A person who becomes resident in Great Britain who is—

(a) the holder of a British external licence granted in the Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey authorising the driving of large and medium-sized goods vehicles of any class, and

(b) not disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence in Great Britain

shall, during the period of one year after he becomes so resident, be treated for the purposes of section 87 of the Traffic Act as the holder of a licence authorising him to drive large and medium-sized goods vehicles of all classes which he is authorised to drive by that licence.

(3) A person who becomes resident in Great Britain who is—

(a) the holder of a British external licence granted in the Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey authorising the driving of passenger-carrying vehicles of any class, and

(b) not disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence in Great Britain

shall, during the period of one year after he becomes so resident, be treated for the purposes of section 87 of the Traffic Act as the holder of a licence authorising him to drive passenger-carrying vehicles of all classes which he is authorised to drive by that licence.

(4) The enactments mentioned in paragraph (5) shall apply in relation to—

(a) holders of relevant permits and holders of British external licences of the classes mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3), or

(b) (as the case may be) those licences and permits,

with the modifications contained in paragraph (5).

(5) The modifications referred to in paragraph (4) are that—

(a) section 7 of the Offenders Act shall apply as if—

(i) the references to a licence were references to a relevant permit or a British external licence, and

(ii) the words after paragraph (c) thereof were omitted;

(b) section 27(1) and (3) of the Offenders Act shall apply as if—

(i) the references to a licence were references to a relevant permit or a British external licence,

(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii) in subsection (3) the words “, unless he satisfies the Court that he has applied for a new licence and has not received it" were omitted;

(d) section 47 of the Offenders Act shall apply as if for subsection (2) there were substituted—

(2) Where a court orders the holder of a relevant permit or a British external licence to be disqualified it must send the permit or the licence, on its being produced to the court, to the Secretary of State who shall keep it until the disqualification has expired or been removed or the person entitled to it leaves Great Britain and in any case has made a demand in writing for its return to him. “Relevant permit" has the meaning given by regulation 80 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999.

(e) section 164(1), (6) and (8) of the Traffic Act shall apply as if the references therein to a licence were references to a relevant permit or a British external licence ...; and

(f) section 173 of the Traffic Act shall apply as if after paragraph (aa) there were added—

(ab) a relevant permit (within the meaning of regulation 80 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999, (ac) a British external licence,

(6) In this regulation “relevant permit" means—

(i) a “domestic driving permit",

(ii) a “Convention driving permit", or

(iii) a “British Forces (BFG) driving licence",

within the meaning of article 2(7)—of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975 which is—

(a) for the time being valid for the purposes for which it was issued, and

(b) is not a domestic driving permit or a British Forces (BFG) driving licence in respect of which any order made, or having effect as if made, by the Secretary of State is for the time being in force under article 2(6) of that Order.

Interpretation (regulations 80ZA to 80AH)

80ZA

In regulations 80ZA to 80AH—

“Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave” means leave under paragraph UKR 19.1 of the Ukraine Scheme;

“Immigration Rules” means rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;

“paragraph UKR 29.3(b) or (c) leave” means leave to remain of the type described in paragraph UKR 29.3(b) or (c) of the Ukraine Scheme;

“Ukraine Extension Scheme leave” means leave under paragraph UKR 27.1 of the Ukraine Scheme ...;

“Ukraine Family Scheme leave” means leave under paragraph UKR 9.1 of the Ukraine Scheme ...;

“Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme initial period” means the period of time for which a person is initially granted Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave, and accordingly does not include any period of time in respect of which that person has been granted an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave;

“Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave” means leave under paragraph UKR 29.1 of the Ukraine Scheme;

“Ukraine Scheme” means the scheme set out in Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the Immigration Rules.

Modification of regulation 80: Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: first scenario

80A

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has Homes For Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave

(aza) applied for that leave before 3:00pm on 19th February 2024,

(aa) has not applied for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave, and

(b) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the period of three years beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain.

Modification of regulation 80: Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: second scenario

80AA

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has or had Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave,

(b) applied for that leave before 3:00 p.m. on 19th February 2024,

(c) applied for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave expired, ...

(ca) where the application for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave was granted, has not applied for an extension to that leave, and

(d) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of four years and six months beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for a Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80: Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: third scenario

80AB

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has or had Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave,

(b) applied for that leave at or after 3:00 p.m. on 19th February 2024, ...

(ba) in respect of Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave—

(i) has not applied for that leave, or

(ii) has been granted that leave, but has not applied for an extension to that leave, and

(c) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the period of three years beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain.

Modification of regulation 80: Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: fourth scenario

80ABA

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) had Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave,

(b) applied for that leave before 3:00pm on 19th February 2024,

(d) applied for that leave on or before the day on which their Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave expired,

(e) applied for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme initial period expired, and

(f) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of six years and six months beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80: Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: fifth scenario

80ABB

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) had Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave,

(b) applied for that leave at or after 3:00pm on 19th February 2024,

(d) applied for that leave on or before the day on which their Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave expired,

(e) applied for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme initial period expired, and

(f) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of five years beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80: Ukraine Extension Scheme: first scenario

80AC

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has Ukraine Extension Scheme leave,

(b) applied for that leave on or before 16th May 2024,

(d) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the period of three years beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain.

Modification of regulation 80: Ukraine Extension Scheme: second scenario

80AD

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has or had Ukraine Extension Scheme leave,

(b) applied for that leave on or before 16th May 2024,

(d) applied for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Extension Scheme leave expired, ...

(da) where the application for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave was granted, has not applied for an extension to that leave, and

(e) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of four years and six months beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for a Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80: Ukraine Extension Scheme: third scenario

80ADA

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) had Ukraine Extension Scheme leave,

(b) applied for that leave on or before 16th May 2024,

(d) has Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave,

(e) applied for that leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Extension Scheme leave expired,

(f) applied for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme initial period expired, and

(g) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of six years and six months beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80: Ukraine Family Scheme: first scenario

80AE

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has Ukraine Family Scheme leave,

(b) has not applied for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave, and

(c) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the period of three years beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain.

Modification of regulation 80: Ukraine Family Scheme: second scenario

80AF

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has or had Ukraine Family Scheme leave,

(b) applied for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Family Scheme leave expired, ...

(ba) where the application for Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave was granted, has not applied for an extension to that leave, and

(c) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of four years and six months beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for a Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80: Ukraine Family Scheme: third scenario

80AG

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) had Ukraine Family Scheme leave,

(b) has Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave,

(d) applied for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme initial period expired, and

(e) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of six years and six months beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80: paragraph UKR 29.3(b) or (c) leave

80AH

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person who—

(a) has never had Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme leave, Ukraine Extension Scheme leave or Ukraine Family Scheme leave,

(b) had paragraph UKR 29.3(b) or (c) leave,

(d) applied for that leave on or before the day on which their paragraph UKR 29.3(b) or (c) leave expired,

(e) applied for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave on or before the day on which their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme initial period expired, and

(f) is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) which was issued under the law of Ukraine.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80(1) has effect as if the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were to the shorter of the following—

(a) the period of six years and six months beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain;

(b) the period beginning with the day after the day on which that person becomes resident in Great Britain, and ending with the day after the day on which that person’s application for an extension to their Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme leave is withdrawn, rejected or refused.

Modification of regulation 80 and further enactments relating to licences in respect of certain licences issued in EEA States

80B

(1) This regulation applies in respect of a person—

(a) who is the holder of a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6)(i), and

(b) where conditions A and B are satisfied.

(2) Condition A is that the relevant permit was issued—

(a) in an EEA State, and

(b) in exchange for a licence or a Northern Ireland licence.

(3) Condition B is that the licence or Northern Ireland licence, as the case may be, referred to in paragraph (2)—

(a) was issued on or after 1st January 2021, and

(b) was not issued—

(i) as a renewal or replacement of, or in exchange for, another licence, or Northern Ireland licence, issued before 1st January 2021, or

(ii) in exchange for a relevant permit within the meaning given by regulation 80(6) issued in relation to a country outside of the United Kingdom.

(4) Where this regulation applies, regulation 80 (persons who become resident in Great Britain) has effect subject to the modifications in paragraph (5).

(5) Regulation 80 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) the reference to the period of one year after a person becomes resident in Great Britain were a reference to the period for which that person is authorised to drive by that relevant permit after they become resident, and

(ii) the reference to all classes of small vehicle, motor bicycle or moped were a reference to a motor vehicle, and

(b) paragraphs (4) and (5) were omitted.

(6) Where this regulation applies, references in any enactment relating to licences to a Community licence, or the holder of a Community licence, have effect as if they also included a reference to the relevant permit described in paragraph (1), or the holder of such a relevant permit, as the case may be.

Service personnel

81

A traffic commissioner is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 183(6) of the Traffic Act (discharge of Part IV functions in relation to HM Forces).

Northern Ireland licences

82

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) For the purposes of section 122(4) of the Traffic Act, the magistrates’ court or sheriff to whom an appeal shall lie by the holder of a Northern Ireland licence, being a person who is not resident in Great Britain and who is aggrieved by the suspension or revocation of the licence or by the ordering of disqualification for holding or obtaining a licence, shall be—

(a) such a magistrates’ court or sheriff as he may nominate at the time he makes the appeal; or

(b) if a particular court is not nominated under sub-paragraph (a), the Carlisle Combined Court Centre.

Statement of date of birth

83

(1) The circumstances in which a person specified in section 164(2) of the Traffic Act shall, on being required by a police constable, state his date of birth are—

(a) where that person fails to produce forthwith for examination his licence on being required to do so by a police constable under that section; or

(b) where, on being so required, that person produces a licence—

(i) which the police constable in question has reason to suspect was not granted to that person, was granted to that person in error or contains an alteration in the particulars entered on the licence (other than as described in paragraph (ii)) made with intent to deceive; or

(ii) in which the driver number has been altered, removed or defaced;

(c) where that person is a person specified in subsection (1)(d) of that section and the police constable has reason to suspect that he is under 21 years of age.

(2) In paragraph (1), “driver number" means the number described as the driver number in the licence.

Review

84

(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of regulations 37 to 39 (requirements at tests),

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences (which is implemented in part by means of these Regulations) is implemented in other member States.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations,

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that impose less regulation.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the 4th January 2021.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterward to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

SCHEDULE 1 — Regulations Revoked

Title	Year and Number
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996	1996/2824
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1997	1997/256
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997	1997/669
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1997	1997/846
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1997	1997/2070
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997	1997/2915
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1998	1998/20
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998	1998/528
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1998	1998/1229
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1998	1998/2038
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1999	1999/72
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999	1999/617

SCHEDULE 2 — CATEGORIES AND SUB-CATEGORIES OF VEHICLE FOR LICENSING PURPOSES

PART 1

(1) Category or sub-category	(2) Classes of vehicle included	(3) Additional categories and sub-categories
AM	Mopeds , electric scooters being used in a trial and light quadricycles.	Q
A	Motor bicycles , electric scooters being used in a trial and motor tricycles	Q, AM, A1, A2 and K
A1	A1 motorcycles , A1 motor tricycles and electric scooters being used in a trial	Q and AM
A2	A sub-category of category A comprising A2 motorcycles and electric scooters being used in a trial.	Q, AM and A1
A3	A sub-category of category A comprising A3 motorcycles , A3 motor tricycles and electric scooters being used in a trial.	Q, AM, A1, A2 and K
B	Motor vehicles, other than vehicles included in category Q which are not electric scooters being used in a trial, AM, A, F or K, having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes and designed and constructed for not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver, including:(i) a combination of any such vehicle and a trailer where the trailer has a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms; and(ii) a combination of any such vehicle and a trailer where the maximum authorised mass of the combination does not exceed 3.5 tonnes.	Q, AM, B + E, F and K
. . .	. . .	. . .
B+E	Combinations of a motor vehicle (being a tractor vehicle in category B) and trailer or semi-trailer where— the combination does not fall within category B or B96; andthe maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer does not exceed 3.5 tonnes.	None
C	Motor vehicles having a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes, other than vehicles falling within category D, F, G or H which are designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 8 passengers in addition to the driver and, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms.	None
C1	A sub-category of category C comprising motor vehicles having a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes which are designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 8 passengers in addition to the driver and, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms.	None
D	Motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of more than eight passengers in addition to the driver, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms.	None
D1	A sub-category of category D comprising motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of not more than sixteen passengers not including the driver, with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters and including any such vehicle drawing a trailer with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms.	None
C+E	Combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where the tractor vehicle is in category C but the combination does not fall within that category.	B+E and C
C1+E	A sub-category of category C+E comprising combinations of a motor vehicle in category B, or in sub-category C1, and a trailer or a semi-trailer where the maximum authorised mass of the combination does not exceed 12 tonnes and— (a)if the tractor vehicle is in category B, the maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer exceeds 3.5 tonnes; and(b)if the tractor vehicle is in sub-category C1, the maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer exceeds 750 kilograms.	B+E and C1
D+E	Combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where the tractor vehicle is in category D but the combination does not fall within that category.	B+E and D
D1+E	A sub-category of category D+E comprising combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where:(a)the tractor vehicle is in sub-category D1, and (b)the maximum authorised mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kilograms but not the unladen weight of the tractor vehicle,(c)...(d)...	B+E and D1
F	Agricultural or forestry tractors, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer but excluding any motor vehicle included in category H.	K
G	Road rollers.	None
H	Track-laying vehicles steered by their tracks.	None
K	Mowing machines which do not fall within category A and vehicles controlled by a pedestrian.	None
P	. . .	. . .

PART 2

(1) Sub-category	(2) Classes of vehicle included	(3) Additional categories and sub-categories
C1+E (8.25 tonnes)	A sub-category of category C+E comprising combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer in sub-category C1+E where:the maximum authorised mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kilograms and may exceed the unladen weight of the tractor vehicle, andthe maximum authorised mass of the combination does not exceed 8.25 tonnes.	None
D1 (not for hire or reward)	A sub-category of category D comprising motor vehicles in sub-category D1 driven otherwise than for hire or reward.	None
D1+E (not for hire or reward)	A sub-category of category D+E comprising motor vehicles in sub-category D1+E where:the motor vehicles are driven otherwise than for hire or reward, andthe maximum authorised mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kilograms and may exceed the unladen weight of the tractor vehicle.	None
L	Motor vehicles propelled by electrical power.	None

PART 3

(1) Sub-category	(2) Classes of vehicle included	(3) Additional categories and sub-categories
B1 (invalid carriages)	A sub-category of category B comprising motor vehicles which are invalid carriages.	None

Part 4

(1) Category or sub-category	(2) Class of vehicle	(3) Additional categories and sub-categories
Former sub-category B1	Motor vehicles having four wheels and an unladen weight not exceeding 550 kilograms save for light quadricycles.	None
Former category B+E	Combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where the tractor vehicle is in category B and the maximum authorised mass of the trailer exceeds 3.5 tonnes.	None
Former sub-category D1	Motor vehicles having more than eight but not more than sixteen seats in addition to the driver’s seat with a maximum length exceeding 8 metres and including any such vehicle drawing a trailer with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms.	None
Former sub-category D1+E	Combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where:the tractor vehicle is in former sub-category D1,the maximum authorised mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kilograms but not the unladen weight of the tractor vehicle,the maximum authorised mass of the combination does not exceed 12 tonnes, andthe trailer is not used for the carriage of passengers.	None
Former category P	Category P vehicles.	None

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