{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2010/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1203",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Meaning of “qualified driver”",
  "text": "In regulation 17 (meaning of “qualified driver”)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”;\n(b) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) For the purposes of supervising the holder of a provisional licence driving a vehicle of a class included in sub-category C1, C1+E, D1 or D1+E (“the learner vehicle”) which the holder is authorised to drive by that licence, a person is not a qualified driver unless that person has, in addition to meeting the requirements specified in paragraph (1), passed a test in which the vehicle used in the practical test fell within the same sub-category as that of the learner vehicle.”; and\n(c) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (e) add “subject to sub-paragraph (ea),”; and\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—\n“(ea) a period before 1st May 2010 during which a person (“the supervising driver”) has held a licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in sub-category C1, C1+E, D1, or D1+E may only be taken into account in assessing whether the supervising driver has the relevant driving experience to supervise the holder of a provisional licence driving such a vehicle, if the supervising driver has passed a test before 1st May 2010 in which the vehicle used for the practical test fell within one of those sub-categories;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1203/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:43:05.777684+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."
}