The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987

Persons by whom tests may be conducted

14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) tests may be conducted—

(a)by examiners appointed by the licensing authority;

(b)by the Secretary of State for Defence, in so far as concerns the testing of persons in the service of the Crown under his department;

(c)in England and Wales, by the chief officer of any fire brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services Act 1947(1) or, in Scotland, by the firemaster of such a brigade, in so far as concerns the testing of members of any such brigade or of persons employed in the driving of motor vehicles for the purposes of any such brigade;

(d)by any chief officer of police in so far as concerns the testing:—

(i)of members of a police force; or

(ii)of persons employed in the driving of motor vehicles for police purposes by a police authority or by the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;

(e)by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in so far as concerns the testing of any person who is the holder of or is an applicant for a licence to drive a motor cab by virtue of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869(2); and

(f)by any person appointed for the purpose by the licensing authority under the provisions of regulation 15.

(2) Part I of the test for motor bicycles may be conducted by any persons appointed to conduct tests in pursuance of sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) or (f) of paragraph (1) and also by any person or body of persons appointed by the licensing authority under regulation 16.