Regulation 7 Motor car to be provided for practical part of examination

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg.7(3) amended by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1996 reg.4(2)(a)
reg.7(3)(cc) added by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1996 reg.4(2)(c)
reg.7(3A) added by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1996 reg.4(3)
reg.7(4)(5) amended by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1998 reg.6(a)
reg.7(5)(a) amended by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 1998 reg.6(b)
reg.7 amended by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2000 reg.5

(1)

A candidate for the driving ability and fitness test or the instructional ability and fitness test shall provide, at his own expense, a motor car for the purposes of that test, in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied.

(2)

The vehicle must have four wheels and be either–

(a)

constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects and fitted with a rigid roof, with or without a sliding panel, or

(b)

a dual purpose vehicle as defined in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986^f1.

(3)

The vehicle must–

(a)

have a readily adjustable driving seat and a seat for a forward-facing front passenger,

(b)

have a steering wheel on its off-side,

(c)

be provided with a means whereby the driver may, independently of the use of the accelerator or the brakes, gradually vary the proportion of the power being produced by the engine which is transmitted to the road wheels; and

(d)

be otherwise suitable for the purposes of the test.

(4)

The vehicle must not, during the conduct of any driving ability and fitness test, carry the distinguishing mark referred to in regulation 9(1)(b) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987 or anything resembling such a distinguishing mark.

(5)

In the case of a vehicle provided for the purposes of an instructional ability and fitness test, there must be in force in relation to the use of the vehicle a policy of insurance that–

(a)

complies with the requirements of section 145 of the Act in relation to candidate as driver of the vehicle,

(b)

complies with the requirements of that section in relation to the examiner as the driver of the vehicle as if the section applied to persons in the public service of the Crown, and

(c)

insures the examiner as driver of the vehicle in respect of liability for damage to the vehicle during the test,

and throughout the test there shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner on the front and on the back of the vehicle distinguishing marks in the form referred to in regulation 9(1)(b) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1986/1078, to which there are no relevant amendments.