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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 24th July 2018.
2.—(1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999(1) are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 7(10), insert—
“(11) A person who holds a relevant full licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in category B, and who has undertaken a minimum of five hours training by a registered instructor on the driving of an alternatively fuelled vehicle with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3,500 kilograms, may drive such a vehicle provided its maximum authorised mass does not exceed 4,250 kilograms, when that vehicle—
(a)is being driven for the purpose of transporting goods;
(b)is not being driven outside the territory of Great Britain;
(c)has no trailer attached.
(12) For the purposes of this regulation —
“an alternatively fuelled vehicle” means a motor vehicle powered by—
electricity, natural gas, biogas or hydrogen; or
hydrogen and electricity; and
“a registered instructor” means a person who is on the National Register of LGV instructors(2) or the National Vocational Driving Instructors Register(3).”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Jesse Norman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
27th June 2018
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