{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-19",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/788",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 40A—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a) after “theory test” insert “or have passed, within the last 2 years, that part of a Northern Ireland test concerning the theory of driving vehicles in category B and corresponding to the theory test”; and\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)—\n(aa) omit the brackets and the words therein;\n(bb) for “category A, B or P” substitute “category B”; and\n(cc) for paragraph (ii) substitute—\n“(ii) a certificate relating to the passing of the part of the Northern Ireland test referred to in sub-paragraph (a).”;\n(b) after paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) Where a test is required to be conducted in three parts pursuant to regulation 40(1A) a person—\n(a) must, pass the theory test in respect of a vehicle in category A or P or have passed, within the last 2 years, that part of a Northern Ireland test concerning the theory of driving vehicles in category A or P before taking the manoeuvres test;\n(b) shall not be entitled to apply for an appointment (or, as the case may be, be nominated pursuant to regulation 32(4)) for the manoeuvres test in respect of a vehicle in category A or P until that person has been furnished with—\n(i) a valid standard theory test pass certificate stating that the person has passed the theory test in respect a vehicle in category A or P; or\n(ii) a certificate relating to the passing of the part of the Northern Ireland test referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and\n(c) must, before taking a practical test in relation to a vehicle in category A or P, or in sub-category A1, pass the manoeuvres test in respect of a vehicle in the same category or sub-category as that in respect of which the practical test is to be taken.”; and\n(c) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) after “three parts” insert “pursuant to regulation 40(3)”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (a) after “perception” insert “or have passed, within the last 2 years, those parts of a Northern Ireland test concerning the theory of driving vehicles in category C or D (including hazard perception),”; and\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (b) for paragraph (ii) substitute—\n“(ii) a certificate or certificates relating to the passing of those parts of the Northern Ireland test referred to in sub-paragraph (a).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/788/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:14:14.334358+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."
}