# The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999, Regulation 12: Restrictions on the grant of large goods and passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licences

Extent: E+W+S

(1) An applicant for a large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence shall not, subject to paragraph (2), be granted a licence if, at the date from which the licence applied for is to take effect, any—
(a) large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence held by him is suspended, or
(b) Northern Ireland large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence held by him is suspended,
under section 115 of the Traffic Act or, as the case may be, under the provision of the law for the time being in force in Northern Ireland corresponding to that enactment.
(2) A person may apply for a large goods vehicle driver’s licence notwithstanding that, at the date from which the licence applied for is to take effect, any passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence held by him is suspended and such suspension relates to his conduct other than as a driver of a motor vehicle.
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(4) An applicant for a large goods vehicle driver’s licence which would be in force for a period during the whole or part of which the applicant would be under the age of 21 must not be a person who has—
(a) been convicted (or is, by virtue of section 58A of the Offenders Act , to be treated as if he had been convicted) of an offence as a result of which at least four penalty points fall to be taken into account under section 29 of the Offenders Act , or
(b) at any time been disqualified by a court for holding or obtaining a licence or by a court in Northern Ireland for holding or obtaining a Northern Ireland licence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2864/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-12
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.