The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I PRELIMINARY

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Revocation and saving

   3. 3. Interpretation

3. PART II LICENCES

   1. 4. Minimum ages for holding or obtaining licences

   2. 5. Applications for the grant of licences

   3. 6. Refusal of a provisional licence for group D

   4. 7. Fees for licences

   5. 8. Duration of provisional licences

   6. 9. Conditions attached to provisional licences

   7. 10. Restricted provisional licences

   8. 11. Full licences not carrying provisional entitlement

   9. 12. Signature of licences

   10. 13. Lost or defaced licences

4. PART III TESTS OF COMPETENCE TO DRIVE

   1. 14. Persons by whom tests may be conducted

   2. 15. (1) Any person may apply to the licensing authority to...

   3. 16. (1) Any person or body of persons may apply to...

   4. 17. Any person appointed by sub-paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e) or...

   5. 18. Appointments for tests and notice of cancellation thereof

   6. 19. Fees in respect of tests

   7. 20. Nature of tests

   8. 21. Production of vehicle for test etc.

   9. 22. Evidence of results of tests

   10. 23. Period of ineligiblity for a subsequent test

5. PART IV SUPPLEMENTARY

   1. 24. Disabilities

   2. 25. Persons who become resident in Great Britain

   3. 26. Statement of date of birth

   4. 27. Learner motor cycles

   5. 28. Invalid carriages

   6. 29. Entitlement to groups

   7. 30. Effect of changes in classification of vehicles by reason of changed definition of “moped”

   8. 31. Effect of changes in classification of vehicles by reason of changed weight limit for motor tricycles

   9. 32. Effect of changes in classification of vehicles by reason of deletion of group M

6. Signature

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      REGULATIONS REVOKED

   2. SCHEDULE 2

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      GROUPS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DRIVING TEST PURPOSES

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVING TESTS

      1. 1. Read in good daylight (with the aid of glasses or...

      2. 2. Start the engine of the vehicle;

      3. 3. Move away straight ahead or at an angle;

      4. 4. Overtake, meet or cross the path of other vehicles and...

      5. 5. Turn right-hand and left-hand corners correctly;

      6. 6. Stop the vehicle in an emergency and normally, and in...

      7. 7. Drive the vehicle backwards and whilst so doing enter a...

      8. 8. Cause the vehicle to face in the opposite direction by...

      9. 9. Indicate his intended actions at appropriate times by giving appropriate...

      10. 10. Act correctly and promptly on all signals given by traffic...

      11. 11. Drive the vehicle backwards and cause it to face in...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      MANOEUVRES FOR PART I OF THE TEST FOR MOTOR BICYCLES

      1. 1. Drive the vehicle round a predetermined left-hand circuit bringing it...

      2. 2. Drive the vehicle round a predetermined right-hand circuit bringing it...

      3. 3. Drive the vehicle round a predetermined right-hand circuit bringing it...

      4. 4. Drive the vehicle straight ahead to reach a speed of...

      5. 5. Drive the vehicle in and out of a line of...

      6. 6. Drive the vehicle round a figure-of-eight circuit bringing it to...

      7. 7. Drive the vehicle slowly, while keeping alongside the person conducting...

   6. SCHEDULE 6

8. Explanatory Note