Regulation 3

For regulation 18 (Appointments for tests and notice of cancellation thereof) there shall be substituted—

“18

In regulations 18A, 18B, 18C, 19 and 19A below—

• “applicant in person” means a person making an application for an appointment for a test with a view to taking the test himself;

• “DSA examiner” means a person appointed by the licensing authority to conduct tests under paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) of regulation 14 above;

• “motor bicycle instructor” means a person operating an establishment for providing instruction in the driving of vehicles in categories A and P;

• “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, bank holiday, Christmas Day or Good Friday (and “bank holiday” means a day to be observed as such under section 1 of and Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f1).

18A

(1)

An applicant in person wishing to take a test (including an extended driving test) to be conducted by a DSA examiner (or someone acting on behalf of that applicant) shall—

(a)

apply for an appointment for such a test to the licensing authority,

(b)

provide the licensing authority with such details relating to himself, the nature of the test to be taken and the vehicle on which the test is to be taken as the licensing authority may reasonably require, and

(c)

pay such fee as is specified in regulation 19 or 19A.

(2)

Upon receipt of such details and such fee the licensing authority shall make the arrangements necessary for the taking of the test.

(3)

An applicant in person for whom an appointment is made as aforesaid in respect of a vehicle in any category may not apply for a further appointment for a test in a vehicle of a class in the same category unless—

(a)

the first appointment has been cancelled, or

(b)

the test due on the first appointment does not take place for any reason other than cancellation, or

(c)

he has kept the appointment (whether or not the test is completed).

18B

(1)

A motor bicycle instructor who wishes to make an appointment for a test (including an extended driving test) to be conducted by a DSA examiner and to be taken by a person who is then unnamed but who will have received from that instructor instruction in the driving of vehicles in either category A or P shall—

(a)

apply for such an appointment to the licensing authority,

(b)

provide such details relating to himself, the establishment and the nature of the test as the licensing authority may reasonably require,

(c)

specify the date and time of the appointment which the instructor wishes to reserve, and

(d)

pay such fee as is specified in regulation 19 or 19A.

(2)

The licensing authority may refuse to accept an application from a motor bicycle instructor (or, where two or more applications have been made on the same occasion, to accept all or any of those applications) where an appointment specified in the application is unavailable or where, in the opinion of the licensing authority, it is reasonably necessary to do so in the general interests of applicants for tests.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (2) above, upon receipt of such details and such fee the licensing authority shall confirm to the motor bicycle instructor the date and time of the appointment.

(4)

If, before the expiration of the qualifying period, the licensing authority receives from the motor bicycle instructor the name and such further details relating to the person who will at the appointment submit himself for the test, the nature of the test to be taken and the vehicle on which the test is to be taken as the licensing authority may reasonably require, the licensing authority shall make the arrangements necessary for taking the test.

(5)

The qualifying period in respect of any appointment made pursuant to an application under paragraph (1) of this regulation expires at midday on the day which is two working days before the day for which the appointment is made.

18C

For the purposes of section 91(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (which section specifies the cases in which a fee paid on an application for an appointment for a test may be repaid) a notice cancelling an appointment for a test to be conducted by a DSA examiner must be given to the licensing authority not less than ten clear working days before the day for which the appointment is made.”.