PART IVGOODS AND PASSENGER—CARRYING VEHICLES
General
Correspondences52
1
For the purposes of section 89A(5) of the Traffic Act, a heavy goods vehicle or public service vehicle of a class specified in column (1) of the table at the end of this regulation corresponds to a class of large goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle, as the case may be, specified in column (2) of that table in relation to the class of vehicle in column (1).
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), where a heavy goods vehicle driver’s licence held before 1st April 1991 was restricted to vehicles having a permissible maximum weight not exceeding 10 tonnes by virtue of—
a
paragraph 3(3) and (5) of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 197656; or
b
paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 31 of the Heavy Goods Vehicles (Drivers' Licences) Regulations 197757;
before those enactments ceased to have effect, such restriction shall be disregarded.
(1) | (2) |
|---|---|
Class of heavy goods or public service vehicle | Corresponding class of large goods or passenger—carrying vehicle |
Heavy goods vehicles | Large goods vehicles |
1 | Categories C and C+E |
1A | Categories C and C+E (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission) |
2 | Category C and vehicles in category C+E which are drawbar trailer combinations |
2A | Category C and vehicles in category C+E which are drawbar trailer combinations (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission) |
3 | Category C and vehicles in category C+E which are drawbar trailer combinations |
3A | Category C and vehicles in category C+E which are drawbar trailer combinations (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission) |
Public Service Vehicles | Passenger-carrying vehicles |
1 | Categories D and D+E |
1A | Categories D and D+E (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission) |
2 | Categories D and D+E |
2A | Categories D and D+E (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission) |
3 | Category D |
3A | Category D (limited to vehicles with automatic transmission) |
4 | Sub-category D1 and vehicles in category D not more than 5.5 metres in length |
4A | Sub-category D1 and vehicles in category D not more than 5.5 metres in length (limited, in each case, to vehicles with automatic transmission) |