{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-2005/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1902",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Written examination",
  "text": "The written examination shall consist of a theoretical examination, in which the candidate is required to answer from his own knowledge, on all or any of the following subjects—\n(a) the principles of road safety generally and their application in particular circumstances;\n(b) the techniques of driving a motor car correctly, courteously and safely, including control of the vehicle, road procedure, recognising hazards, taking proper action with respect to hazards, dealing properly with pedestrians and other road users and the use of safety equipment;\n(c) the tuition required to instruct a pupil on the matters set out in sub-paragraph (b), the correction of the pupil’s errors, the manner of the instructor, the relationship between instructor and pupil and simple vehicle adaptation for disabled drivers;\n(d) the theory of learning and the theory and practice of teaching and assessment;\n(e) the Highway Code and other matters in the booklet in which it is published;\n(f) the edition of the publication entitled “The Official Guide to Learning to Drive” for the time being issued by the Department for Transport and published by the Stationery Office;\n(g) the explanation and interpretation of—\n(i) reasons for the failure of the theory test or the practical test appended to a statement of failure to pass that test prescribed by regulation 47(2) or, as the case may be, regulation 48(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999;\n(ii) weaknesses in the understanding of driving theory or in driving technique which are apparent from the documentation appended to a theory test or practical test pass certificate issued under either of those regulations;\n(h) knowledge, adequate to the needs of driving instruction, of the mechanism and design of a motor car; and\n(i) the edition of the publication entitled “Driving—the essential skills” for the time being issued by the Department for Transport and published by the Stationery Office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2864."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1902/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:56:17.272333+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."
}