{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1996/regulation-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1996/regulation-47.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2824",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/47",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Part IV of the Traffic Act: prescribed classes of large goods and passenger-carrying vehicle",
  "text": "(1) Part IV of the Traffic Act and regulations 51 to 54 shall not apply to large goods vehicles—\n(a) of a class included in category F, G or H or sub-category C1 + E (8.25 tonnes), or\n(b) which are exempted goods vehicles or exempted military vehicles.\n(2) Part IV of the Traffic Act and regulations 51 to 54 shall not apply to—\n(a) any passenger-carrying vehicle manufactured more than 30 years before the date when it is driven and not used for hire or reward or for the carriage of more than 8 passengers;\n(b) a passenger-carrying vehicle driven by a constable for the purpose of removing or avoiding obstruction to other road users or other members of the public, for the purpose of protecting life or property (including the passenger-carrying vehicle and its passengers) or for other similar purposes.\n(3) All classes of large goods and passenger-carrying vehicle to which Part IV of the Traffic Act applies are prescribed for the purposes of section 117(7) of the Traffic Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2824/regulation/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:32:36.843299+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}