# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996, Regulation 70: Effect of change in classification of vehicles for licensing purposes


(1) In a licence (whether full or provisional) granted before 1st January 1997, a reference to motor vehicles in an old category shall be construed as a reference to motor vehicles in the new category corresponding thereto and a reference to motor vehicles of a class included in an old category shall be construed as a reference to vehicles of the corresponding class included in the new category.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reference in a licence to motor vehicles in an old category (or a class included in that category) includes a reference in a licence granted before 1st June 1990 to a group or class of motor vehicles which is, by virtue of any enactment, to be construed as a reference to vehicles in the old category (or a class included in that category).
(3) If an application for the grant of a licence authorising the driving of a class of motor vehicles included in an old category has been made but the licence has not been granted or refused before the date upon which this regulation comes into force, the application shall be taken on and after that date to be an application for a licence authorising the driving of vehicles of the corresponding class in the new category.
(4) A person who before 1st January 1997 has passed a test prescribed in respect of (or authorising the driving of) motor vehicles of a class included in an old category shall be regarded as having passed a test prescribed in these Regulations authorising the driving of motor vehicles of the corresponding class in the new category.
(5) Where a licence granted before 1st January 1997 authorises only the driving of a class of motor vehicles included in an old category having automatic transmission, it shall authorise the driving of the corresponding class of vehicles in the new category having automatic transmission.
(6) In this regulation—
“old category” and “class included in an old category” mean respectively a category and a class of vehicles specified in column (1) of the table at the end of this regulation, and
“new category” and “class included in a new category”, in relation to an old category, mean respectively the category (or, as the case may be, the sub-category) and the class of vehicles specified in column (2) of the table as corresponding to the relevant old category or class included therein.
TABLE
(1) Old category or class
(2) Corresponding new category or class
A
A
B1
B1
B1, limited to invalid carriages
B1 (invalid carriages)
B
B
B + E
B + E
C1
C1
C1 + E
C1 + E (8.25 tonnes)
C
C
C + E
C + E
C + E, limited to drawbar trailer combinations only
Vehicles in category C + E which are drawbar trailer combinations
D1
D1 (not for hire or reward)
D1 + E
D1 + E (not for hire or reward)
D, limited to 16 seats
D1
D, limited to vehicles not more than 5.5 metres in length
D1 and vehicles in category D not more than 5.5 metres in length
D, limited to vehicles not driven for hire or reward
Vehicles in category D which are driven otherwise than for hire or reward
D
D
D + E
D + E
F
F
G
G
H
H
K
K
L
L
P
P

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2824/regulation/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1996/regulation-70
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