# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987, Regulation 14: Persons by whom tests may be conducted


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) tests may be conducted—
(a) by examiners appointed by the licensing authority;
(b) by the Secretary of State for Defence, in so far as concerns the testing of persons in the service of the Crown under his department;
(c) in England and Wales, by the chief officer of any fire brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services Act 1947 or, in Scotland, by the firemaster of such a brigade, in so far as concerns the testing of members of any such brigade or of persons employed in the driving of motor vehicles for the purposes of any such brigade;
(d) by any chief officer of police in so far as concerns the testing:—
(i) of members of a police force; or
(ii) of persons employed in the driving of motor vehicles for police purposes by a police authority or by the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;
(e) by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in so far as concerns the testing of any person who is the holder of or is an applicant for a licence to drive a motor cab by virtue of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869; and
(f) by any person appointed for the purpose by the licensing authority under the provisions of regulation 15.
(2) Part I of the test for motor bicycles may be conducted by any persons appointed to conduct tests in pursuance of sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) or (f) of paragraph (1) and also by any person or body of persons appointed by the licensing authority under regulation 16.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1378/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1987/regulation-14
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