# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) by providing—
(a) that a person wishing to drive an incomplete large vehicle over 3.5 tonnes in weight must hold a licence which would authorise him to drive a goods vehicle of an equivalent weight;
(b) that a person holding a licence to drive vehicles in category B only and wishing to drive a vehicle in sub-category D1 under the derogation in regulation 6(9) of the 1996 Regulations must comply with the medical standards applicable to sub-category D1 when he reaches the age of 70; and
(c) for the extension, until 1st January 1999, of the exemption under which a person wishing to drive a mobile crane may do so on the authority of a category B licence and need not comply with other provisions relating to large goods vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2915/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-no-5-regulations-1997/note
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