Road Traffic Act 1960

193 Applications for, and grant of, heavy goods vehicles drivers' licences

(1) The person who is the chairman of the traffic commissioners for any traffic area constituted for the purposes of Part III of this Act or is the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area so constituted, including any person for the time being appointed by the Minister to act as deputy to the chairman or commissioner, shall have the power and be charged with the duty of granting licences (in this Part of this Act referred to as " heavy goods vehicle drivers' licences ") under this Part of this Act and is in this Part of this Act referred to as " the licensing authority", and an application for such a licence shall be made to the licensing authority of the traffic area in which the applicant for the licence resides.

(2) The licensing authority may require an applicant for a heavy goods vehicle driver's licence to satisfy him as to the applicant's competence to drive by subjection to a test, and to provide a vehicle for the purposes of the test.

(3) A heavy goods vehicle driver's licence may be limited to such class or classes of vehicles as may be specified in the licence; and for the purpose of enabling the licensing authority, where an applicant for such a licence is subjected to a test, to limit the licence to a class or classes of vehicles to which that test is appropriate, regulations may specify the class or classes of vehicles to which heavy goods vehicle drivers' licences may be limited under this subsection.

(4) A heavy goods vehicle driver's licence shall, unless previously revoked, continue in force for three years from the date on which it is expressed to take effect, but may at any time be suspended or revoked by the licensing authority of the area in which it was granted on the ground that, by reason of his conduct as a driver of a motor vehicle or of physical disability, the holder is not a fit person to hold such a licence ; and during any time of suspension such a licence shall be of no effect.