{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/regulation-25",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/669",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulation 39 (Exemption from theory test) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (b) to (e) there shall be substituted—\n“or\n(b) he holds a full licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles either of another class included in category A or of a class included in category B; or\n(c) he has passed a Northern Ireland test of competence corresponding to the test mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), or is the holder of a Northern Ireland licence corresponding to a licence mentioned in sub-paragraph (b); or\n(d) he has passed a test for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles either of another class included in category A or of a class included in category B and is in either case a full-time member of the armed forces of the Crown.”.\n(3) In paragraph (2), for sub-paragraphs (b) to (e) there shall be substituted—\n“or\n(b) he holds a full licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles either of another class included in category B or of a class included in category A; or\n(c) he has passed a Northern Ireland test of competence corresponding to the test mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or is the holder of a Northern Ireland licence corresponding to the licence mentioned in sub-paragraph (b); or\n(d) he has passed a test for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles either of another class included in category B or of a class included in category A and is in either case a full-time member of the armed forces of the Crown.”.\n(4) In paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) there shall be substituted—\n“(a) he holds a full licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of another class included in category C, other than a licence authorising the driving only of vehicles of a class included in sub-category C1 which was in force at a time before 1st January 1997, or a Northern Ireland licence corresponding to such a licence; or\n(b) on or after 1st January 1997, he has passed a test for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of another class included in category C and is a full-time member of the armed forces of the Crown.”.\n(5) In paragraph (4), for sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) there shall be substituted—\n“(a) he holds a full licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of another class included in category D other than—\n(i) vehicles of a class included in sub-category D1 (not for hire or reward), and\n(ii) vehicles in category D which are driven otherwise than for hire or reward;\nor a Northern Ireland licence corresponding to such a licence; or\n(b) on or after 1st January 1997, he has passed a test prescribed in respect of motor vehicles of another class included in category D and is a full-time member of the armed forces of the Crown.”.\n(6) In paragraph (5), the words “the day following the date on which” shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/669/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:37.785001+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."
}