Section 97 Grant of licences.

makes an application for it in such manner and containing such particulars as the Secretary of State may specify F5and pays the fee (if any) which is prescribed,

provides the Secretary of State with such evidence or further evidence in support of the application as the Secretary of State may require,

surrenders to the Secretary of State—

or provides the Secretary of State with an explanation for not surrendering them which the Secretary of State considers adequate,

is not , F11...

is not prevented from obtaining F16the licence by the provisions of section 89 of this Act F17or F18section 4 of or paragraph 6 or 9 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995.

that person ceases to be authorised by virtue of section 109(1) of this Act to drive in Great Britain a motor vehicle of any class, and

the Secretary of State must send the Northern Ireland licence and its Northern Ireland counterpart F22(if any) to the licensing authority in Northern Ireland together with particulars of the class of motor vehicles to which the licence granted under this Part of this Act relates.

shall be granted subject to prescribed conditions,

shall, in any cases prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph, be restricted so as to authorise only the driving of vehicles of the classes so prescribed,

may, in the case of a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be suffering from a relevant disability or a prospective disability, be restricted so as to authorise only the driving of vehicles of a particular construction or design specified in the licence, F23. . .

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except as provided under subsection (3B) below, shall not authorise a person, before he has passed a test of competence to drive, to drive on a road a motor bicycle F26or moped except where he has successfully completed an approved training course for motor cyclists or is undergoing training on such a course and is driving the motor F27bicycleor moped on the road as part of the training.

the nature of the courses of training;

the approval by the Secretary of State of the persons providing the courses and the withdrawal of his approval;

the maximum amount of any charges payable by persons undergoing the training;

certificates evidencing the successful completion by persons of a course of training and the supply by the Secretary of State of the forms which are to be used for such certificates; and

the making, in connection with the supply of forms of certificates, of reasonable charges for the discharge of the functions of the Secretary of State under the regulations;

limit the exemption to persons in prescribed circumstances;

limit the exemption to a prescribed period or in respect of driving in a prescribed area;

attach conditions to the exemption; and

regulate applications for, and the issue and form of, certificates evidencing the holder’s exemption from the restriction.

beginning at the end of the period for which the previous licence authorised (or would, if not surrendered or revoked, have authorised) the driving of such a motor bicycleor moped, or

beginning at such other time as may be prescribed.