The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations 1990

Qualifications of applicants

5.—(1) An applicant for a licence shall when the licence is granted have the following qualifications—

(a) he must not be a person who—

(i) subject to paragraph (3), holds a licence which has been suspended or a Northern Ireland large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence which has been suspended, whether (in either case) the suspension has effect under section 115 of the 1988 Act or under the provision of the law for the time being in force in Northern Ireland that corresponds to that section;

(ii) subject to paragraph (3), is disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence or a Northern Ireland large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence, whether (in either case) the disqualification has effect under section 117 of the 1988 Act or under the provision of the law for the time being in force in Northern Ireland that corresponds to that section;

(iii) is disqualified by a court for holding or obtaining an ordinary driving licence or by a court in Northern Ireland for holding or obtaining a Northern Ireland ordinary driving licence;

(iv) is disqualified by reason of his age for holding or obtaining a licence to drive any of the vehicles in the category of vehicles to which the licence is to relate; or

(v) would hold more than one large goods vehicle driver’s licence or such a licence and a Northern Ireland licence, British external licence, British Forces licence, exchangeable licence or existing licence authorising him to drive large goods vehicles of any category or would hold more than one passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence or such a licence and a Northern Ireland licence, British external licence, British Forces licence, exchangeable licence or existing licence authorising him to drive passenger-carrying vehicles of any category;

(b) he shall hold a full ordinary driving licence or a full Northern Ireland ordinary driving licence authorising him to drive motor vehicles in category B or he shall be authorised to drive motor vehicles in category B as a full licence holder by virtue of section 88 of the 1988 Act (licence applied for or surrendered for correction of particulars, etc.), or any corresponding Northern Ireland provision or by having passed a test for that category; and

(c) in the case of an applicant for an lgv trainee driver’s licence—

(i) the licence referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above or its counterpart shall be free from any penalty points or relevant endorsements,

(ii) he shall be a person who is a registered employee of a registered employer.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) above shall not apply in the case of an applicant who is a full-time member of the armed forces of the Crown.

(3) A person is qualified to apply for a large goods vehicle driver’s licence notwithstanding that when the licence is granted his passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence is suspended or he is disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence if such suspension or disqualification relates to his conduct other than as a driver of a motor vehicle.