Regulation 11 Provisional licences: interpretation

In regulations 12 and 13—

• “provisional licence”, in relation to a class of vehicles, includes a full licence which is treated, by virtue of Article 14 of the Order, as authorising its holder to drive vehicles of that class as if he held a provisional licence therefor;

• “qualified driver” means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of the supervision of the driver of a motor vehicle of a class included in category B, other than a vehicle in sub-category B1, by a person whose licence is limited by virtue of a notice served under Article 9(5)(b) of the Order to vehicles of a particular class, a person who holds a full licence authorising him to drive a vehicle of a class included in category B, other than a vehicle in sub-category B1, and who would in an emergency be able to take control of the steering and braking functions of that vehicle;

  2. (b)

     in any other case, a person who holds—

     1. (i)

        a full licence (other than an LGV trainee driver’s licence),

     2. (ii)

        a full Great Britain licence, or

     3. (iii)

        a Community licence,

     authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of the same class as the vehicle being driven by the holder of the provisional licence, and who is either—

     • (A) at least 21 years of age and has (unless paragraph (2) applies) held the licence referred to above for an aggregate period of 3 years or more, or

     • (B) a member of the armed services of the Crown acting in the course of his duties for naval, military or air force purposes.

In the case of the supervision of a driver of a large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle of any class, it shall not be a requirement that he shall have held the licence for an aggregate period of 3 years or more.