The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

12.—(1) Regulation 17 (Full licences not carrying provisional entitlement) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted—

“(1) The application of sections 98(2) and 99A(5) of the Traffic Act is excluded or limited in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(1A) Section 98(2) shall not apply to a full licence which authorises the driving only of motor vehicles adapted on account of a disability, whether pursuant to an application in that behalf made by the holder of the licence or pursuant to a notice served under section 92(5)(b) of the Traffic Act.

(1B) Except to the extent provided in paragraph (1C), section 98(2) of the Traffic Act shall not apply to a full licence in so far as it authorises its holder to drive motor vehicles of any class included in category B+E, C+E, D+E or K or in sub-category B1 (invalid carriages), C1 or D1 (not for hire or reward).

(1C) The holder of a full licence authorising the driving of only such classes of vehicle included in a category or sub-category as have automatic transmission may drive motor vehicles of all other classes included in that category or sub-category which have manual transmission as if he were authorised by a provisional licence to do so.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the holder of a full licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of a class included in a category or sub-category specified in column (1) of the table at the end of this regulation may drive motor vehicles of all classes included in a category or sub-category specified, in relation to that category or sub-category, in column (2) of the table as if he were authorised by a provisional licence to do so.”.

(3) After paragraph (4), there shall be inserted—

“(5) The holder of a Community licence to whom section 99A(5) of the Traffic Act applies and who is authorised to drive in Great Britain only such classes of vehicle included in a category or sub-category as have automatic transmission may drive motor vehicles of all other classes included in that category or sub-category which have manual transmission as if he were authorised by a provisional licence to do so.

(6) The holder of a Community licence to whom section 99A(5) of the Traffic Act applies and who is authorised to drive in Great Britain motor vehicles of a class included in a category or sub-category specified in column (1) of the Table at the end of this regulation may drive motor vehicles of all classes included in a category or sub-category specified, in relation to that category or sub-category, in column (2) of the Table as if he were authorised by a provisional licence to do so.”.

(4) At the end of the Table there shall be inserted—

“P	A, B, F and K”.