# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Classes for which licences may be granted


(1) A licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in a category or sub-category mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 2 may be granted to a person who is entitled thereto by virtue of—
(a) holding or having held a full licence, a full Northern Ireland licence, full British external licence, full British Forces licence, exchangeable licence or Community licence authorising the driving of vehicles of that class, or
(b) having passed a test authorising the driving of motor vehicles of that class or a Northern Ireland or Gibraltar test corresponding to such a test.
(2) A licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in any category or sub-category mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 2 may not be granted to a person unless, at a time before 1st January 1997—
(a) in the case of an application for a full licence—
(i) he held a full licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in that category, or
(ii) he passed a test which at the time it was passed authorised the driving of motor vehicles of that class or a Northern Ireland test corresponding to such a test;
(b) in the case of an application for a provisional licence, he held a provisional licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class included in that category.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2824/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1996/regulation-5
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