{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-79A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-79A.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/79A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "79A",
  "heading": "Saving in respect of former category and sub-category",
  "text": "Where a person holds a full licence granted before 19th January 2013 authorising the driving of, or is entitled to apply for the grant of a full licence authorising the driving of, vehicles of a class within the category or sub-category referred to in column (1) of Part 4 of Schedule 2—\n(a) that person is authorised to drive, or entitled to apply for the grant of a licence authorising the driving of (as the case may be), vehicles of the relevant class referred to in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 2 which corresponds to that category or sub-category, as appropriate, in column (1); and\n(b) the licence granted to that person shall be construed as authorising the driving of vehicles of that class.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 79A inserted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 45"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2864/regulation/79A",
    "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."
}