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Regulation 17 Full licences not carrying provisional entitlement

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Section 98(2) of the Traffic Act shall not apply to a licence—

(a)

which authorises the driving only of motor vehicles adapted on account of a disability, whether pursuant to an application in that behalf made by the holder of the licence or pursuant to a notice served under section 92(5)(b) of the Traffic Act;

(b)

in so far as it authorises its holder to drive vehicles of a class included in category B + E, C + E, D + E, K or P or sub-category B1 (invalid carriages), C1, C1 + E, C1 + E (8.25 tonnes), D1 (not for hire or reward), D1 + E or D1 + E (not for hire or reward).

(2)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the holder of a full licence authorising him to drive motor vehicles of a class included in a category or sub-category specified in column (1) of the table at the end of this regulation may drive—

(a)

in a case where the full licence authorises only the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission, motor vehicles of all classes included in that category or sub-category which have manual transmission, and

(b)

motor vehicles of all classes included in a category or sub-category specified, in relation to that category or sub-category, in column (2) of the table,

as if he were authorised by a provisional licence to do so and the application of section 98(2) of the Traffic Act to those classes of vehicle is limited accordingly.

(3)

In the case of a licence which authorises the driving only of—

(a)

motor bicycles of a class included in sub-category A1, or

(b)

standard motor bicycles,

section 98(2) shall not apply so as to authorise the driving of a large motor bicycle by a person under the age of 21.

(4)

In the case of a provisional large goods vehicle driver’s licence, this regulation shall apply as modified by regulation 51.

TABLE

Full licence heldProvisional entitlement included
A1A, B, F, and K
AB and F
B1A, B and F
BA, B + E, G and H
CC1 + E, C + E
D1D1 + E
DD1 + E, D + E
FB and P
GH
HG