{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/524",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 17 (meaning of “qualified driver”) is amended as follows.\n(2) For paragraph (3)(c) to (f) and the Table substitute—\n“(c) “relevant licence” means, subject to sub-paragraph (d), a full licence authorising—\n(i) the driving of vehicles of the same class as the vehicle being driven by the provisional licence holder, and\n(ii) where sub-paragraph (f) applies—\n(aa) where that class of vehicle is included within any sub-category specified in column 1 of the table at the end of this regulation, the driving of vehicles in the sub-category specified in column 2 which is opposite that sub-category, or\n(bb) where sub-paragraph (aa) does not apply, the driving of vehicles in the category specified in column 2 of that table which is opposite the category specified in column 1 that includes the class of vehicle being driven by the provisional licence holder;\n(d) in the case of a disabled driver who holds a licence authorising the driving of vehicles in category B, a relevant licence must authorise the driving of vehicles other than vehicles in sub-category B1 or B1 (invalid carriages);\n(e) a person has relevant driving experience if—\n(i) where sub-paragraph (c)(i) only applies, he has held the relevant licence for a period of 3 years, or\n(ii) where sub-paragraph (c)(ii) applies, he has held the relevant licence authorising the driving of vehicles—\n(aa) of the same class as the vehicle being driven by the provisional licence holder for a minimum period of 1 year, and\n(bb) in the category or sub-category specified in column 2 described in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) for a minimum period of 3 years;\n(f) this sub-paragraph applies where—\n(i) a person holds a full licence authorising the driving of vehicles of the same class as the vehicle being driven by the provisional licence holder;\n(ii) that class is included in a category or sub-category specified in column 1 of the table at the end of this regulation, and\n(iii) that person has held that licence for less than a minimum period of 3 years;\n(g) for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (e) and (f), the minimum period of time for holding a full licence may be met either by holding that licence continuously for that period or for periods amounting in aggregate to not less than that period.\nTABLE\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nCategories and sub-categories which include the vehicle being driven by the provisional licence holder\nCategories and sub-categories authorised by the relevant licence\nC\nD\nC1\nD1\nC+E\nD+E\nC1+E\nD1+E\nD\nC\nD1\nC1\nD+E\nC+E\nD1+E\nC1+E\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/524/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:36:30.510428+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."
}