(1)Subject to subsection (5) and section 5, the Secretary of State may not under Part III of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988 grant a person whose licence has been revoked under section 3(1) a full licence to drive any class of vehicles in relation to which the revoked licence was issued as a full licence unless he satisfies the Secretary of State that within the relevant period he has passed a relevant driving test.
(2)In this section “relevant driving test” means, in relation to a person whose licence has been revoked, any test which—
(a)falls within paragraph (a) or (b) of section 1(2); and
(b)is a test of competence to drive any vehicle included in any class of vehicles in relation to which the revoked licence was issued as a full licence.
(3)If the Secretary of State grants a full licence to a person who is required to pass a relevant driving test in order to be granted that licence, the licence granted must (subject to section 92 and Part IV of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988) be one authorising that person to drive all the classes of vehicles in relation to which the revoked licence was issued as a full licence.
(4)In subsection (1) “the relevant period” means the period beginning—
(a)after the date of the revocation of the licence; and
(b)not more than two years before the date on which the application for the full licence is made.
(5)Subsection (1) does not apply to a person whose licence has been revoked under section 3(1) if, before he passes a relevant driving test, an order is made in relation to him under section 36 of the [1988 c. 53.] Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (disqualification until test is passed).