1On the first application for a heavy goods vehicle driver's licence by a person who satisfies the licensing authority that in the course of the year ending on 1st February 1970 he had been during any period or periods of, or amounting in the aggregate to, six months, in the habit of driving a heavy goods vehicle, and on payment of the fee prescribed for the purposes of section 120 of this Act, the licensing authority shall grant the licence, and the provisions of section 114(1) of this Act shall not apply in relation to such an application