# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, Regulation 2: Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999


(1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 are amended as follows.
(2) 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—
(a) electricity, natural gas, biogas or hydrogen; or
(b) hydrogen and electricity; and
“a registered instructor” means a person who is on the National Register of LGV instructors or the National Vocational Driving Instructors Register.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/784/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-2
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