1On the first application for a heavy goods vehicle driver's licence made, on or after the day of the making of the order appointing a day for the purposes of section one hundred and ninety-two of this Act, by a person who satisfies the licensing authority that in the course of the year ending on the first-mentioned day he has 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 one hundred and ninety-six of this Act, the licensing authority shall grant the licence, and the provisions of subsection (2) of section one hundred and ninety-three of this Act shall not apply in relation to such an application.