Citation and commencement1
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These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
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These Regulations come into force on 24th July 2018.
Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 19992
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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 19993 are amended as follows.
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After regulation 7(10), insert—
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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—
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is being driven for the purpose of transporting goods;
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is not being driven outside the territory of Great Britain;
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has no trailer attached.
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For the purposes of this regulation —
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport