# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend regulation 6 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations 1990 so that a person who has abnormal sight in one or both eyes and who does not fall within sub-paragraph (i) of regulation 6(1)(b) has a relevant disability for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act 1988 if—
(a) in the case of a person who, on the coming into force of these Regulations, holds a licence entitling him to drive large goods or passenger-carrying vehicles—
(i) the visual acuity in his better eye is worse than 6/9, and
(ii) the visual acuity in his poorer eye is worse than 6/12, and
(iii) in the case of a person who wears glasses or contact lenses, the uncorrected acuity in each of his eyes is worse than 3/60;
(b) in any other case—
(i) the visual acuity in his better eye is worse than 6/9, or
(ii) the visual acuity in his poorer eye is worse than 6/12, or
(iii) in the case of a person who has to wear glasses or contact lenses to ensure that the visual acuity in his better eye is no worse than 6/9 and/or that the visual acuity in his poorer eye is no worse than 6/12, the uncorrected acuity in each of his eyes is no worse than 3/60.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/166/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-large-goods-and-passenger-carrying-vehicles-amendment-regulations-1992/note
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