{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/20",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "Neither subsection (1) nor subsection (2) of section 112 of this Act shall have effect as respects—\n(a) the driving of a heavy goods vehicle of any class by a person who at the beginning of 2nd February 1970 was the holder of a licence granted under Part II of the 1960 c. 16.Road Traffic Act 1960 (other than a provisional licence) authorising him to drive a heavy goods vehicle of that class, or\n(b) the employment to drive a heavy goods vehicle of any class of a person who at the beginning of 2nd February 1970 was the holder of such a licence authorising him to drive a heavy goods vehicle of that class,\nso long as (in cither case) the licence in question remains in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/20/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:09.170683+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."
}