{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2864",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "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 forces 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 (other than a licence which is to be disregarded for the purposes of section 89(1)(d) of the Traffic Act by virtue of section 89(2)(c) of that Act ), a full British Forces licence, an exchangeable licence or a Community licence.\nTABLE\n(1)\n(2)\nCategory or sub-category of licence applied for\nCategory/sub-category of full licence required\n. . .\n. . .\nC\nB\nC1\nB\nD\nB\nD1\nB\nC1+E\nB\nC+E\nB\nD1+E\nB\nD+E\nB\nG\nB\nH\nB",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Subsection (2)(c) was substituted by the 1989 Act, section 4(3). For designations made under that provision see S.I. 1996/3206."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 11 table omitted (16.12.2021) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1450), regs. 1(2), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 11 table substituted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 3(a) (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 11 table substituted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 3(b) (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 11 table substituted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 3(c) (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in reg. 11 table substituted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 3(d) (with reg. 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2864/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:23.500437+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."
}