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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 5 (classes for which licences may be granted) after paragraph (3) add—\n“(4) A licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class shown in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 2 opposite a former category or former sub-category (as the case may be) shown in column (1) of that part of that Schedule may not be granted to a person unless, before 19th January 2013, that person held a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of that class or passed a test for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of that class.\n(5) A licence authorising the driving of category Q vehicles may not be granted to a person unless that person is entitled—\n(a) in accordance with paragraph (1), to be granted a full licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in category AM, A or B; or\n(b) in accordance with paragraph (4), to be granted a full licence authorising the driving of category P vehicles.\n(6) A licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in category B96, which are specified in Part 6 of Schedule 2, may be granted to a person who is entitled thereto by virtue of holding, or having held, a Community licence authorising the driving of that class.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/977/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
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  "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."
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