Road Traffic Act 1960

192 Drivers of heavy goods vehicles to be licensed

(1) On and after the appointed day a person shall neither drive a heavy goods vehicle on a road unless he is licensed for the purpose under this Part of this Act or is licensed under Part III of this Act to drive all types of single-deck public service vehicles, nor employ a person who is not so licensed to drive a heavy goods vehicle on a road.

(2) If a person acts in contravention of the foregoing subsection he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not prevent a person who is not licensed as therein mentioned from acting, or being employed to act, as steersman of a heavy goods vehicle (being a vehicle on which a speed limit of five miles per hour or less is imposed by or under section twenty-four of this Act) under the orders of another person engaged in the driving of the vehicle who is licensed in that behalf in accordance with the requirements of Part II of this Act and this section.

(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to the driving of, or the employment of a person to drive, a vehicle in any case where the excise duty in respect of the vehicle under the Vehicles (Excise) Act, 1949, is chargeable at the rate applicable to vehicles specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section four of that Act and the vehicle is being driven for one of the purposes for which it must be solely used if the duty is to remain chargeable at that rate.