{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-regulations-2010/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-regulations-2010/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/865",
  "legislation_title": "The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 5A (further requirements at tests: initial CPC test) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) For the purposes of the conduct of the practical test referred to in the table in regulation 5 the candidate shall provide a relevant vehicle which falls within a category or sub-category shown in column (1) of the table in regulation 37 of the Driving Licences Regulations and which—\n(a) has a power, mass, size or other specification equivalent to or greater than that shown in column (2) of the table in that regulation 37 in respect of the category or sub-category within which the vehicle falls;\n(b) is reasonably representative of the category or sub-category to which it belongs and is otherwise suitable for the purposes of the test;\n(c) complies with each requirement specified in column (1) of the following table where the vehicle is one which falls within the category or sub-category specified in relation to that requirement in column (2) of the table.\nTable\n(1) Requirement\n(2) Category or sub-category of vehicle\nThe vehicle shall not be carrying goods or burden other than fixed items which are characteristic of the category or sub-category to which it belongs.\nC1, C1+E, C, C+E, D1, D1+E, D, D+E\nThe vehicle shall be fitted with linkage and braking mechanisms which are designed for use when the trailer is fully laden\nC1+E, C+E, D1+E, D+E\nThe vehicle shall be fitted with an anti-lock braking system and a tachograph\nC1, C1+E, C, C+E, D1, D1+E, D, D+E\nThe vehicle shall have eight or more forward ratios.\nC, C+E\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/865/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:46:57.469362+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."
}