The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) by providing—

(a) that a person wishing to drive an incomplete large vehicle over 3.5 tonnes in weight must hold a licence which would authorise him to drive a goods vehicle of an equivalent weight;

(b) that a person holding a licence to drive vehicles in category B only and wishing to drive a vehicle in sub-category D1 under the derogation in regulation 6(9) of the 1996 Regulations must comply with the medical standards applicable to sub-category D1 when he reaches the age of 70; and

(c) for the extension, until 1st January 1999, of the exemption under which a person wishing to drive a mobile crane may do so on the authority of a category B licence and need not comply with other provisions relating to large goods vehicles.