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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/977",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 42 (exemption from theory test)—\n(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) A person is exempt from the requirement to pass a theory test for the purpose of obtaining a licence authorising that person to drive a motor vehicle of a class included in sub-category A1 if that person—\n(a) holds a valid standard theory test pass certificate in respect of a motor vehicle of a class included in category AM or A; or\n(b) has held, for a period of not more than two years, a Northern Ireland theory test pass certificate corresponding to the certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).”; and\n(b) after paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) A person is exempt from the requirement to pass a theory test for the purpose of obtaining a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in sub-category A2 if that person—\n(a) holds a valid standard theory test pass certificate in respect of a motor vehicle of a class included in category AM or A;\n(b) has, for a period of not less than two years, held a full licence which authorises the driving of A1 motorcycles; or\n(c) has held, for a period of not more than two years, a Northern Ireland theory test pass certificate corresponding to the certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).\n(1B) A person is exempt from the requirement to pass a theory test for the purpose of obtaining a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in sub-category A3 if that person—\n(a) holds a valid standard theory test pass certificate in respect of a motor vehicle of a class included in category AM or A;\n(b) has, for a period of not less than two years, held a full licence which authorises the driving of A2 motorcycles; or\n(c) has held, for a period of not more than two years, a Northern Ireland theory test pass certificate corresponding to the certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).\n(1C) A person is exempt from the requirement to pass a theory test for the purpose of obtaining a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in category AM or A if that person has held, for a period of not more than two years, a standard theory test pass certificate issued before 19th January 2013 in respect of a motor vehicle which—\n(a) is of a class included in former category P; or\n(b) is a motor bicycle.\n(1D) A person who has held, for a period of not more than two years, a Northern Ireland theory test pass certificate corresponding to a certificate mentioned in paragraph (1C) is exempt from the requirement to pass a theory test for the purpose of obtaining a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in category AM or A.\n(1E) A person who is a full time member of the armed forces is exempt from the requirement to pass a theory test for the purpose of obtaining a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in category A if that person has passed a test for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of another class included in category A.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/977/schedule/3/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:04.407602+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."
}