Regulation 33A Applications for large vehicle off road manoeuvres tests conducted by large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiners: large vehicle instructorsF1

(1)

A large vehicle instructor who wishes to make an appointment for a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test prescribed in respect of category or sub-category B + E, C, C1, C + E, C1 + E, D, D1, D + E or D1 + E which is to be conducted by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner and taken by a person who has, or will have, received from that instructor instruction in the driving of a class of vehicle included in any of those categories shall—

(a)

apply for such an appointment to a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider, specifying the date and time for the appointment which the instructor wishes to reserve and the place where he wishes the test to be conducted,

(F2b)

provide such details relating to—

(i)

the instructor,

(ii)

the instructor’s establishment,

(iii)

the vehicle on which the test is to be taken, and

(iv)

the nature of the test,

as the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider may reasonably require, and

(c)

pay such fee (recoverable from the person nominated under paragraph (4)) as may be specified in regulation 35.

(2)

The large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider may refuse to accept an application from a large vehicle instructor (or, where two or more applications have been made on the same occasion, to accept all or any of those applications) where an appointment specified in the application is unavailable.

(3)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (5), upon receipt of such details and such fee the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider shall confirm to the large vehicle instructor the date and time of the appointment.

(F34)

If, before the expiration of the qualifying period, the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider receives from the large vehicle instructor the name and such further details relating to—

(a)

the person receiving instruction from that instructor who will at the appointment submit themselves for that test,

(b)

the licence which that person holds,

(c)

the nature of the test, and

(d)

the vehicle on which the test is to be taken,

as the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider may reasonably require, the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider must make the arrangements necessary for the taking of the appropriate test.

(5)

A person nominated by a large vehicle instructor pursuant to paragraph (4) for a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test in respect of any class of vehicle may neither be so nominated nor apply under regulation 31 for a further appointment for a test in respect of a motor vehicle of a class included in the same category unless—

(a)

the appointment made pursuant to the first nomination has been cancelled, or

(b)

the test due on that appointment does not take place for any reason other than cancellation, or

(c)

they have kept that appointment (whether or not the test is completed).

(6)

The qualifying period for the purposes of paragraph (4) is the period expiring at 16.00 hours on the day which allows one clear working day to elapse between that day and the day for which the appointment is made.

(7)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), 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: Reg. 33A 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), 9
F2: Reg. 33A(1)(b) substituted (8.4.2025) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/356), regs. 1(2), 6(a)
F3: Reg. 33A(4) substituted (8.4.2025) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/356), regs. 1(2), 6(b)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: 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.