Regulation 2 Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999^f1 are amended as follows.

After regulation 7(10), insert—

“(11)

A person who holds a relevant full licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in category B, and who has undertaken a minimum of five hours training by a registered instructor on the driving of an alternatively fuelled vehicle with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3,500 kilograms, may drive such a vehicle provided its maximum authorised mass does not exceed 4,250 kilograms, when that vehicle—

(a)

is being driven for the purpose of transporting goods;

(b)

is not being driven outside the territory of Great Britain;

(c)

has no trailer attached.

(12)

For the purposes of this regulation —

• “an alternatively fuelled vehicle” means a motor vehicle powered by—

  1. (a)

     electricity, natural gas, biogas or hydrogen; or

  2. (b)

     hydrogen and electricity; and

• “a registered instructor” means a person who is on the National Register of LGV instructors^f2 or the National Vocational Driving Instructors Register^f3.”.