Regulation 40 Entitlement upon passing a test other than an appropriate driving test
Where a person passes a test prescribed in respect of a class of motor vehicle included in any category or sub-category (or a Northern Ireland test of competence corresponding to that test) the licensing authority sghall grant to him a licence in accvordance with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).
Subject to regulation 41, the licence shall authorise the driving of all classes of motor vehicle included in that category or sub-category unless—
the test or, as the case may be, the practical test is passed on a motor vehicle with automatic transmission, in which case it shall authorise the driving only of such classes of vehicle included in that category or sub-category as have automatic transmission;
the practical test is passed on an invalid carriage, in which case it shall authorise the driving only of invalid carriages;
the test or, as the case may be, the practical test is passed on a motor vehicle which is adapted on account of a disability of the person taking the test in which case it shall authorise the driving only of such classes of vehicle included in that category or sub-category as are so adapted (and for the purposes of this paragraph, a motor bicycle with a side-car may be treated in an appropriate case as a motor vehicle adapted on account of a disability)
The licence shall in addition authorise the driving of all classes of motor vehicle included in a category or sub-category which is specifiied in column (3) of Schedule 2 as in additional category or sub-category in relation to a category or sub-category specified in column (1) of that Schedule unless—
the test or, as the case may be, the practical test is passed on a motor vehicle with automatic transmission, in which case it shall authorise the driving only of such classes of vehicle included in the additional category or sub-category as have automatic transmission;
the practical test is passed on an invalid carriage, in which case it shall authorise the driving only of invalid carriages;
the test or, as the case may be, the practical test is passed on a motor vehicle which is adapted on account of a disability of the person taking the test in which case it shall authorise the driving only of such classes of vehicle included in the additional category or sub-category as are so adapted.