The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Meaning of “qualified driver”

5.  In regulation 17 (meaning of “qualified driver”)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”;

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) For the purposes of supervising the holder of a provisional licence driving a vehicle of a class included in sub-category C1, C1+E, D1 or D1+E (“the learner vehicle”) which the holder is authorised to drive by that licence, a person is not a qualified driver unless that person has, in addition to meeting the requirements specified in paragraph (1), passed a test in which the vehicle used in the practical test fell within the same sub-category as that of the learner vehicle.”; and

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (e) add “subject to sub-paragraph (ea),”; and

(ii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea) a period before 1st May 2010 during which a person (“the supervising driver”) has held a licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in sub-category C1, C1+E, D1, or D1+E may only be taken into account in assessing whether the supervising driver has the relevant driving experience to supervise the holder of a provisional licence driving such a vehicle, if the supervising driver has passed a test before 1st May 2010 in which the vehicle used for the practical test fell within one of those sub-categories;”.