Regulation 31 Applications for manoeuvres tests, large vehicle off road manoeuvres tests, practical tests and unitary tests: applicants in personF11
England, Wales and Scotland
An applicant in person wishing to take a F1manoeuvres test, F2large vehicle off road manoeuvres test, practical test or unitary test to be conducted by a F3DVSA examiner shall—
apply for an appointment for such a test to the Secretary of State,
provide the Secretary of State with such details relating to himself, the licence which he holds, the preferred location of the test, the nature of the test and the vehicle on which the test is to be taken as the Secretary of State may reasonably require, and
pay such fee as is specified in regulation 35.
An application under paragraph (1)(a) for a practical test prescribed in respect of motor vehicles in category B may not be made by any other person on behalf of the applicant in person.
An applicant in person wishing to take a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test to be conducted by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner shall—
apply for an appointment for such a test to a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider,
provide the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider with such details relating to themself, the licence which they hold, the preferred location of the test, the nature of the test and the vehicle on which the test is to be taken as the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider may reasonably require, and
pay such fee as may be specified in regulation 35.
Upon receipt of such details and such fee F6and, in the case of an application for a practical test prescribed in respect of motor vehicles in category B, provided the application is made by the applicant in person the Secretary of State F7or a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider, as the case may be, shall make the arrangements necessary for the taking of the appropriate test.
An applicant in person for whom an appointment is made as aforesaid in respect of a class of motor vehicle in any category may neither apply as an applicant in person nor be nominated by virtue of regulation 32 or 33 for a further appointment for a F8manoeuvres test, F9large vehicle off road manoeuvres test, practical test or unitary test, as the case may be, on a vehicle of the same class unless—
the first appointment has been cancelled, or
the test due on the first appointment does not take place for any reason other than cancellation, or
he has kept the first appointment (whether or not the test is completed).
For the purposes of paragraph (1A), no application may be made for a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test which can or will be conducted by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner that has provided any form of instruction in any capacity to the applicant in person.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 31(1) substituted (30.3.2009) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/788), regs. 1(2), 10(b) (with reg. 33)
- F2
Words in reg. 31(1) inserted (15.11.2021 at 1.00 a.m.) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1154), regs. 1(2), 7(b)
- F3
Words in reg. 31(1) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Driving Standards Agency and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Merger) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/480), regs. 1, 6(3)
- F4
Reg. 31(1ZA) inserted (27.4.2026) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)
- F5
Reg. 31(1A) inserted (15.11.2021 at 1.00 a.m.) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1154), regs. 1(2), 7(c)
- F6
Words in reg. 31(2) inserted (27.4.2026) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/326), regs. 1(2), 2(3)
- F7
Words in reg. 31(2) inserted (15.11.2021 at 1.00 a.m.) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1154), regs. 1(2), 7(d)
- F8
Words in reg. 31(3) substituted (30.3.2009) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/788), regs. 1(2), 10(c) (with reg. 33)
- F9
Words in reg. 31(3) inserted (15.11.2021 at 1.00 a.m.) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1154), regs. 1(2), 7(e)
- F10
Reg. 31(4) inserted (15.11.2021 at 1.00 a.m.) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1154), regs. 1(2), 7(f)
- F11
Reg. 31 heading substituted (15.11.2021 at 1.00 a.m.) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1154), regs. 1(2), 7(a)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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1988 c. 52. Relevant amendments are referred to where appropriate below. Amending statutes and instruments are referred to in the footnotes to these Regulations in the following manner: “the 1989 Act" means the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22); “the 1990 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144), “the 1991 Act" means the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), “the 1996 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974) and “the 1998 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420).
- F2
Subsection (6) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.
- F3
Subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1996 Regulations, subsections (2A) and (5A) were inserted by the 1989 Act, section 6; subsection (3) was amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 63; subsection (4) was amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and by the 1996 Regulations; subsection (7) was amended and subsections (9) and (10) were substituted by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and subsections (7), (9) and (10) were amended by the 1996 Regulations. Subsection (4)(b) is to be read with the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/643), as amended by S.I. 1991/811, 1993/1601, 1995/1684 and 1996/1929, the relevant entries being items 5, 5A and 6 in Schedule 1, Table III.
- F4
Section 89A was inserted by the 1989 Act, section 4(4).
- F5
Subsection (2) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.
- F6
Subsections (4) and (5) were amended by the 1989 Act, section 5(7) and (8).
- F7
Subsections (1) and (3) were amended by the 1989 Act, section 6(2) and Schedule 6 and by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations, subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1998 Regulations; subsections (3A) and (3B) were inserted by the 1989 Act, section 6(2) and subsection (3A) was amended by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations.
- F8
Subsections (2) and (4) were amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 11. Subsection (2) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.
- F9
Subsection (1) was amended by Schedule 3, paragraph 12, of the 1989 Act; subsection (1A) was inserted by section 2(2) of that Act.
- F10
Section 99A was inserted by the 1996 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations.
- F11
Subsection (2) was amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 14 and by the 1990, 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.
- F12
See the definitions of “prescribed" and “regulations".
- F13
Sections 114, 115, 116 and 117 to 122 (Part IV of the Act) were substituted by the 1989 Act, section 2(1) and Schedule 2, Section 114(1) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.
- F14
Subsection (3) was amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 64 and the 1996 Regulations.
- F15
Section 115A was inserted by the 1996 Regulations.
- F16
Subsection (2A) was inserted by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 65.
- F17
See the definition of “prescribed".
- F18
Amended by the 1990 Regulations.
- F19
Amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 68.
- F20
Inserted by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 23.
- F21
See the definition of “prescribed".
- F22
See section 105(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.