# The Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 51 (licensing of drivers of private hire vehicles) in subsection (1), for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
“(b) to any person who has not for at least twelve months been authorised to drive a motor car, or is not at the date of the application for a driver’s licence so authorised.”
(3) After subsection (1) of that section there shall be inserted—
“(A) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a person is authorised to drive a motor car if—
(a) he holds a licence granted under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (not being a provisional licence) authorising him to drive a motor car, or
(b) he is authorised by virtue of section 99A(1) of that Act to drive in Great Britain a motor car.”
(4) In section 59 (qualifications for drivers of hackney carriages), in subsection (1), for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
“(b) to any person who has not for at least twelve months been authorised to drive a motor car, or is not at the date of the application for a driver’s licence so authorised.”
(5) After subsection (1) of that section there shall be inserted—
“(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a person is authorised to drive a motor car if—
(a) he holds a licence granted under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (not being a provisional licence) authorising him to drive a motor car, or
(b) he is authorised by virtue of section 99A(1) of that Act to drive in Great Britain a motor car.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1974/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/driving-licences-community-driving-licence-regulations-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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