{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-3-regulations-2021/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-3-regulations-2021/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1154",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-3-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999",
  "text": "In regulation 40A (nature of tests other than extended tests), for paragraph (2), substitute—\n“(2) Where a test is required to be conducted in four parts pursuant to regulation 40(3), a person—\n(a) must pass the large vehicle test of driving theory and the large vehicle test of hazard perception or have passed, within the last 2 years, those parts of a Northern Ireland test concerning the theory of driving vehicles in category C, C + E, D or D + E (including hazard perception), before they take the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test or practical test;\n(b) shall not be entitled to apply for an appointment (or, as the case may be, be nominated pursuant to regulation 33(4) or regulation 33A(4)) for a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test or a practical test in respect of a motor vehicle of a class included in category C, C + E, D or D + E until they have been furnished with—\n(i) a valid large vehicle theory test pass certificate in respect of that category; or\n(ii) a certificate or certificates relating to the passing of those parts of the Northern Ireland test referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and\n(c) shall not be entitled to apply for an appointment (or, as the case may be, be nominated pursuant to regulation 33(4)) for a practical test in respect of a motor vehicle of a class included in category C, C + E, D or D + E until they have been furnished with—\n(i) a valid large vehicle off road manoeuvres test pass certificate in respect of that category; or\n(ii) a certificate or certificates relating to the passing of those parts of the Northern Ireland test referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and\n(d) must, before taking a practical test in relation to a vehicle in category C, C + E, D or D + E, or in sub-category C1, C1 + E, D1 or D1 + E, have passed the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test in respect of a vehicle in the same category or sub-category and transmission as that in respect of which the practical test is to be taken within the last six months.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1154/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:08:04.307175+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."
}