{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-1989/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-1989/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2057",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Conditions subject to which licences are granted",
  "text": "(1) A licence shall be granted subject to the following conditions–\n(a) the holder may give instruction in the driving of a motor car only from the establishment identified in the licence; and\n(b) the holder may give instruction in the driving of a motor car only if, at the time he gives such instruction, the number of approved driving instructors for whom that establishment is their principal place of work as a driving instructor is not less than the number of persons who hold a licence in which that establishment is identified.\n(2) A licence, other than a licence which comes into force upon the expiry of a licence previously issued to the same person, shall also be subject to the following conditions–\n(a) the holder must, for at least one fifth of the total time he spends giving instruction during the first 3 months the licence is in force, receive direct supervision from an approved driving instructor;\n(b) the holder must maintain in respect of each working day during the first 3 months the licence is in force a record of the time he spends giving instruction in the driving of a motor car, giving the particulars set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, and\n(i) he must continue to maintain such a record when any records previously maintained by him are being retained by or on behalf of the Secretary of State after they have been delivered pursuant to sub-paragraph (d) below, but\n(ii) he need not maintain such a record after he has complied with sub-paragraph (e) below;\n(c) the record must be signed each day by the holder and by any approved driving instructor under whose direct personal supervision the holder has given instruction;\n(d) the holder must on request produce all records maintained by him under this regulation to an officer authorised by the Secretary of State or (if he so required) deliver them to him for retention; and\n(e) the holder must, deliver those records (other than any that have been delivered to an officer authorised by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (d) and not returned) to the Registrar during the 7 day period which ends 3 months after the licence came into force.\n(3) A licence granted to a person to whom a licence has not previously been issued shall be subject to the following conditions, in addition to any conditions to which it is subject by virtue of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, that is to say–\n(a) the holder must, before the end of the period which ends 5 weeks after the licence comes into force, have received training in the giving of practical driving instruction including all the matters set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than 40 hours; and\n(b) the holder must before the end of that 5 week period deliver to the Registrar, as evidence that he has received the training referred to in sub-paragraph (a), a statement–\n(i) giving the particulars set out in Part III of Schedule 1 to these Regulations,\n(ii) containing a declaration signed by the holder that the training has been received, and\n(iii) containing a declaration, signed by each person who has given the training, that he has given the training stated to have been given by him;\nand any relevant training received by the holder not more than 12 months before the date that the licence comes into force shall count as training for the purposes of this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2247",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2057/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:35:11.937728+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}