{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-23A",
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  "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/23A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall, on request, supply (by electronic or other means) a test set to any person who has appointed another person or class of persons to conduct theory tests under sub-paragraph (b), (c), (da), (db), (dc), (dd), (e) or (f) of regulation 23(1) or under regulation 23(2)(b).\n(2) For each test set supplied under paragraph (1) in respect of a test which—\n(a) is of the type specified in column (2) of an item in the table;\n(b) relates to a vehicle falling within a category specified in column (3); and\n(c) is to be conducted at a time specified in column (4),\nthe Secretary of State may make a charge of the amount specified in column (5).\nTable\n(1) Item\n(2)\nType of test\n(3)\nVehicle category\n(4)\nTime\n(5)\nCharge £\n1.\nAny test\nAM, A or B\nBefore 1st October 2014\n18.50\n2.\nAny test\nAM, A or B\nOn or after 1st October 2014\n15\n3.\nLarge vehicle test of driving theory\nC or D\nBefore 1st October 2014\n20\n4.\nLarge vehicle test of driving theory\nC or D\nOn or after 1st October 2014\n12\n5.\nLarge vehicle test of hazard perception\nC or D\nAny time\n9\n(3) The charge referred to in paragraph (2) is payable by the person who has appointed a person or class of persons to conduct the theory test for which a test set has been supplied.\n(4) In this regulation, a “test set” means—\n(a) in respect of a test falling within item 1 or 2 of the table in paragraph (2), a set of the information and materials necessary for the conduct of that test, including the film clips as described in regulation 40B, for each person taking the test; and\n(b) in respect of a test falling within item 3, 4 or 5 of the table in paragraph (2), a set of theory test questions, in the case of the large vehicle test of driving theory or a set of film clips, in the case of the large vehicle test of hazard perception, the set of questions or clips each being as described in regulation 40B, for each person taking the test.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 23A inserted (7.7.2008) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1435), regs. 1(1), 6 (with reg. 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23A(1) inserted (1.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1128), regs. 1(2), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 23A(2) substituted (20.8.2014) by The Driving Theory Test Fees (Various Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1816), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23A(4)(a) substituted (20.8.2014) by The Driving Theory Test Fees (Various Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1816), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23A(4)(a) substituted (1.5.2010) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1203), regs. 1(2), 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23A(4)(b) substituted (20.8.2014) by The Driving Theory Test Fees (Various Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1816), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2864/regulation/23A",
    "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."
}