The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2025

Made: 23rd April 2025

Laid before Parliament: 24th April 2025

Coming into force: 15th May 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(3), (4) and (5), 105(1), (3) and (4), and 106(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988[^f00001] (“the Act”), and, in the case of regulation 2, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 105(4) of the Act.

The Secretary of State has consulted with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the Act.

The Secretary of State, in exercising the powers conferred by section 89(4)(b) of the Act in respect of the fees specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of the Table in regulation 2(3)(b), has taken into account the costs of the functions and the matters specified in respect of that section in the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988[^f00002].

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 15th May 2025.

• (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

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• (1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999[^f00003] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 35 (fees in respect of manoeuvres tests, large vehicle off road manoeuvres tests, practical tests or unitary tests)—

• (a) in paragraph (2), in the opening words, omit “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test,”[^f00004];

• (b) in paragraph (3), in the opening words, omit “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test,”;

• (c) after paragraph (3), insert—

(3ZZA) Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test which— (a) is to be conducted by a DVSA examiner[^f00005], and (b) is for a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in a category or sub-category specified in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 5, the fee payable is that specified in relation to that category or sub-category in column (4) of that Table. (3ZZB) In the case of a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test which— (a) is to be conducted by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner[^f00006], and (b) is for a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in a category or sub-category specified in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 5, the fee payable is that specified in relation to that category or sub-category in column (5) of that Table. (3ZZC) The fee payable under paragraph (3ZZB) is to be paid to and retained by the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider[^f00007] as remuneration.

• (3) In Schedule 5 (fees for practical tests or unitary tests: vehicles of categories other than AM or A)—

• (a) in the Schedule heading, for “or unitary tests” substitute “, unitary tests or large vehicle off road manoeuvres tests”;

• (b) for the Table, substitute—

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Lilian Greenwood — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 23rd April 2025

We approve regulation 2

Jeff Smith — Anna Turley — Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury — 22nd April 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Explanatory Note

These Regulations amend regulation 35 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864) to specify the fee payable for the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test. They also make provision for the fee payable for such a test conducted by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner to be paid to and retained by the relevant large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 52. Section 89(3) is amended by paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and section 36(2)(a) of the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49); there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Section 89(4) is amended by section 36(3)(a) and (d) of the Road Safety Act 2006; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Section 89(5)(b) is repealed by paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Road Safety Act 2006. Section 105(4) is amended by S.I. 1998/1420.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1988/643; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1684 and 2009/1885. See column 2 of item 5 of Table 3 (Road Traffic Act 1988) in Schedule 1 for the functions to be taken into account; and paragraphs 1 to 8 of Schedule 2 for the matters to be taken into account.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/2864; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/508, 2008/1435, 2009/788, 2012/977, 2014/480 and 2021/1154.

[^f00004]: “Large vehicle off road manoeuvres test” is defined in regulation 3(1) of S.I. 1999/2864. The definition is inserted by S.I. 2021/1154.

[^f00005]: “DVSA examiner” is defined in regulation 22 of S.I. 1999/2864. The definition is amended by S.I. 2009/788, 2014/480 and 2021/1154.

[^f00006]: “Large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner” is defined in regulation 3(1) of S.I. 1999/2864. The definition is inserted by S.I. 2021/1154.

[^f00007]: “Large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider” is defined in regulation 3(1) of S.I. 1999/2864. The definition is inserted by S.I. 2021/1154. Under regulation 24(1ZA)(a) of S.I. 1999/2864, a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner is appointed by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider, a body approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of conducting large vehicle off road manoeuvres tests.