Part 1
England, Wales and Scotland
| (1) Category or sub-category | (2) Classes of vehicle included | (3) Additional categories and sub-categories |
|---|---|---|
| F1AM | Mopeds F2, electric scooters being used in a trial and light quadricycles. | Q |
| A | F3Motor bicycles F4, electric scooters being used in a trial and motor tricycles | F5Q, AM, A1, A2 and K |
| A1 | F6A1 motorcycles F7, A1 motor tricycles and electric scooters being used in a trial | F8Q and AM |
| F9A2 | A sub-category of category A comprising A2 motorcycles F10and electric scooters being used in a trial. | Q, AM and A1 |
| F11A3 | A sub-category of category A comprising A3 motorcycles F12, A3 motor tricycles and electric scooters being used in a trial. | Q, AM, A1, A2 and K |
| B | F13F14Motor vehicles, other than vehicles included in category Q F15which are not electric scooters being used in a trial, AM, A, F or K, having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes and designed and constructed for not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver, including: (i) a combination of any such vehicle and a trailer where the trailer has a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms; and (ii) a combination of any such vehicle and a trailer where the maximum authorised mass of the combination does not exceed 3.5 tonnes. | F16Q, AM, F17B + E, F and K |
| F18. . . | . . . | . . . |
| B+E | F19Combinations of a motor vehicle (being a tractor vehicle in category B) and trailer or semi-trailer where—
| None |
| C | Motor vehicles having a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes, other than vehicles falling within category D, F, G or H F20which are designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 8 passengers in addition to the driver and, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms. | None |
| C1 | A sub-category of category C comprising motor vehicles having a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes F21which are designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 8 passengers in addition to the driver and, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms. | None |
| D | F22Motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of more than eight passengers in addition to the driver, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms. | None |
| D1 | F23A sub-category of category D comprising motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of not more than sixteen passengers not including the driver, with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters and including any such vehicle drawing a trailer with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms. | None |
| C+E | Combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where the tractor vehicle is in category C but the combination does not fall within that category. | B+E F24and C |
| C1+E | F25A sub-category of category C+E comprising combinations of a motor vehicle in category B, or in sub-category C1, and a trailer or a semi-trailer where the maximum authorised mass of the combination does not exceed 12 tonnes and— (a)if the tractor vehicle is in category B, the maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer exceeds 3.5 tonnes; and (b)if the tractor vehicle is in sub-category C1, the maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer exceeds 750 kilograms. | B+E F26and C1 |
| D+E | Combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where the tractor vehicle is in category D but the combination does not fall within that category. | B+E F27and D |
| D1+E | A sub-category of category D+E comprising combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where: (a)the tractor vehicle is in sub-category D1, F28and (b)the maximum authorised mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kilograms but not the unladen weight of the tractor vehicle, (c)F29... (d)... | B+E F30and D1 |
| F | Agricultural or forestry tractors, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer but excluding any motor vehicle included in category H. | K |
| G | Road rollers. | None |
| H | Track-laying vehicles steered by their tracks. | None |
| K | Mowing machines which do not fall within category A and vehicles controlled by a pedestrian. | None |
| P | F31. . . | . . . |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(i)
- F2
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 4(8)(a)
- F3
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(ii)(aa)
- F4
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 4(8)(b)
- F5
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(ii)(bb)
- F6
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(iii)(aa)
- F7
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 4(8)(c)
- F8
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(iii)(bb)
- F9
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(iv)
- F10
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 4(8)(d)
- F11
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(v)
- F12
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 4(8)(e)
- F13
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(vi)(aa)
- F14
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (10.4.2014) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/613), regs. 1, 8(a)
- F15
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 4(8)(f)
- F16
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(vi)(bb)
- F17
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (16.12.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1450), regs. 1(2), 7
- F18
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 omitted (19.1.2013) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(vii)
- F19
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(viii)
- F20
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(ix)
- F21
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(x)
- F22
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (10.4.2014) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/613), regs. 1, 8(b)
- F23
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (10.4.2014) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/613), regs. 1, 8(c)
- F24
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 7(a) (with reg. 9)
- F25
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(xii)
- F26
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 7(b) (with reg. 9)
- F27
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 7(c) (with reg. 9)
- F28
Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 added (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(xiii)(aa)
- F29
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 omitted (19.1.2013) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(xiii)(bb)
- F30
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 inserted (15.11.2021) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1251), regs. 1(2), 7(d) (with reg. 9)
- F31
Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 omitted (19.1.2013) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 46(a)(xiv)
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.