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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 No. 110

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864, “the 1999 Regulations” and make provision for changes to the specification requirements for category A2 motorcycles used for practical driving tests, and the upgrading of entitlements where a second driving test is passed in an automatic transmission vehicle.

Regulation 3 reduces the minimum test vehicle requirement for the engine size of a motorcycle used on the A2 motorcycle test from 395 cubic centimetres to 245 cubic centimetres.

Regulation 4 omits a paragraph in Regulation 45 which is no longer relevant because all references to “(a)” in Table B were removed when Table B was substituted by the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3190).

Regulation 5 introduces a new Table B in Schedule 9 to the 1999 Regulations which is to be read with Regulation 45 (upgrading of entitlements by virtue of passing a second test) of those Regulations. Table B indicates that passing a driving test in an automatic transmission vehicle of a category listed in column A will result in the candidate being granted a manual transmission vehicle driving entitlement for that category too, if they have already passed a driving test in a manual transmission vehicle of a category listed in one or more corresponding columns (1) to (10). The new Table re-states the existing Table but adds some new entries to provide for such manual driving entitlement to be granted in respect of vehicle categories B+E (car and trailer), C1 (medium-sized lorries), D1 (mini buses), C1+E (medium sized lorry + trailer), and D1+E (mini bus + trailer).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

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