{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1996/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1996/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Eligibility to apply for provisional licence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an applicant for a provisional licence authorising the driving of 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 must hold a relevant full licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in the category or sub-category specified in column (2) of the table in relation to the first category.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of an applicant who is a full-time member of the armed forced of the Crown.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a licence authorising the driving only of vehicles in sub-categories D1 (not for hire or reward), D1 + E (not for hire or reward) and C1 + E (8.25 tonnes) shall not be treated as a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in sub-categories D1, D1 + E and C1 + E.\n(4) In this regulation, “relevant full licence” means a full licence granted under Part III of the Traffic Act, a full Northern Ireland licence, a full British external licence, a full British Forces licence, an exchangeable licence or a Community licence.\nTABLE\n(1) Category or sub-category of licence applied for\n(2) Category/sub-category of full licence required\nB + E\nB\nC\nB\nC1\nB\nD\nB\nD1\nB\nC1 + E\nC1\nC + E\nC\nD1 + E\nD1\nD + E\nD\nG\nB\nH\nB",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}