The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend Part III of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 (Tests of competence to drive) by—

(a) providing that a person submitting himself for a theory test may require the examiner to mark the test paper and make the result available on the same day as the test is conducted;

(b) prescribing a new fee of £25 for a theory test where such a requirement is made (it remains at £15 in other cases);

(c) prohibiting a person who fails any part of a test from re-taking the test within a specified period, this being 3 clear working days in the case of a theory test and either 3 or 10 clear working days, according to the category of vehicle, in the case of a practical or unitary test;

(d) conferring a wider discretion on examiners as regards proof of a test candidate’s identity, enabling them to dispense with the strict requirements of the regulations where the candidate produces documentary evidence equivalent to that specifically mentioned in the regulations or where the candidate’s identity is otherwise obvious;

(e) removing the requirement whereby a candidate at a practical test must surrender his theory test pass certificate to the examiner; and

(f) making minor and consequential amendments concerning test certificates issued in error.