Road Traffic Act 1972

Sections 114 and 122.

SCHEDULE 5 Transitional Provisions Relating to Licences to Drive Heavy Goods Vehicles

1 On the first application for a heavy goods vehicle driver's licence by a person who satisfies the licensing authority that in the course of the year ending on 1st February 1970 he had been during any period or periods of, or amounting in the aggregate to, six months, in the habit of driving a heavy goods vehicle, and on payment of the fee prescribed for the purposes of section 120 of this Act, the licensing authority shall grant the licence, and the provisions of section 114(1) of this Act shall not apply in relation to such an application

2 The reference in paragraph 1 above to the driving of a heavy goods vehicle does not include a reference to the driving of such a vehicle of a prescribed class or of such a vehicle while it is being used in prescribed circumstances.

3 A person shall not be entitled to a licence to drive a vehicle of any class under paragraph 1 above unless during the period or periods mentioned in that paragraph he has held a licence under Part II of the [1960 c. 16.] Road Traffic Act 1960 (other than a provisional licence) to drive vehicles of that class.

4 The Secretary of State may by regulations restrict the class of vehicles for the driving of which a licence is to be granted under paragraph 1 above by reference to the class of vehicle which the applicant for the licence was driving during the said period or periods.

5 Neither subsection (1) nor subsection (2) of section 112 of this Act shall have effect as respects—

(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

(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,

so long as (in cither case) the licence in question remains in force.

6 With a view to spreading the work of granting heavy goods vehicle drivers' licences the licensing authority may, on an application for a licence made within the period ending with 30di June 1973 direct (hat any licence granted on the application, other than a licence issued as a provisional licence, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 115(1) of this Act, continue in force (unless previously revoked) during such period, being a period of not less than one nor more than three years from the date on which the licence is expressed to take effect, as the licensing authority may at the time of the granting of the licence determine.