The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations 1990

Nature of tests

17.  The test which a person is required to pass before a full licence can be granted to him authorising him to drive a large goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle of a particular category shall be a test carried out on a vehicle of that category, being a test which satisfies the examiner—

(a) that the candidate is fully conversant with the contents of the Highway Code;

(b) that he has sufficient knowledge of the mechanical operation of the vehicle on which he is tested, including, at the discretion of the examiner, the effect of distribution of load on the performance of the vehicle, to enable him to drive it safely;

(c) that he is competent to drive without danger to, and with due consideration for, other users of the road, the vehicle on which he is tested; and

(d) that he is able to perform safely and competently the operations specified in Schedule 5.