The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/3089
• Sections: 7

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Section 2

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations 1990 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3

In regulation 3 (Application), in paragraph (2), after “24” there shall be inserted “(1)(b) to (e), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8)”.

Section 4

In regulation 6 (Disabilities)—

(a) in paragraph (1) after “in addition to the disabilities prescribed by regulation 24” there shall be inserted “(1)(b) to (e)”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(a) for “an epileptic attack since attaining the age of 5 years” there shall be substituted “liability to epileptic seizures”;

(c) in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) for “in the case of a person who did not hold an existing licence on 1st January 1983 but” there shall be substituted “in the case of a person not falling within paragraph (1)(b)(i) above”.

Section 5

In regulation 18 (Requirements for tests)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) after “suitable for the purposes of the test under paragraph (3)” there shall be inserted “or paragraph (3A), whichever is appropriate,”;

(b) in paragraph (3) for “A vehicle shall not be suitable for the purpose of a test unless” there shall be substituted “A passenger-carrying vehicle shall not be suitable for the purpose of test unless”;

(c) in paragraph (3)(a) and paragraph (3)(b) sub-paragraphs (i) and (iv) shall be deleted;

(d) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(3A) A large goods vehicle shall not be suitable for the purpose of a test unless—

(a) if the test is taken before 1st July 1996—

(i) in the case of a test for category C, it has a maximum authorised mass which exceeds 7.5 tonnes;

(ii) in the case of a test for category C plus E, it is either—

(a) an articulated goods vehicle combination, or

(b) a combination of vehicles comprising a vehicle in category C and a trailer with at least two axles with a permissible maximum weight in relation to the combination of at least 15 tonnes; and

(b) if the test is taken on or after that date, it is capable of a speed of at least 80 kilometres per hour and—

(i) in the case of a test for category C, it has a maximum authorised mass of at least 10 tonnes and an overall length of at least 7 metres;

(ii) in the case of a test for category C plus E, it is either—

(a) an articulated goods vehicle with a maximum authorised mass of at least 18 tonnes and an overall length of at least 12 metres, or

(b) a combination of vehicles with a maximum authorised mass of at least 18 tonnes and an overall length of at least 12 metres comprising a vehicle in category C with a maximum authorised mass of at least 10 tonnes and an overall length of at least 7 metres and a trailer with an overall length of at least 4 metres.

Section 6

In Schedule 1 (Categories of vehicles), in column (2), in the entry describing the vehicles in—

(a) category C and category D for “750 kg or a trailer of any mass with a single axle” there shall be substituted “, in the case of a trailer with a single axle, 5 tonnes or, in the case of any other trailer, 750 kg”;

(b) category C plus E and category D plus E for “750 kg and with more than a single axle” there shall be substituted “, in the case of a trailer with a single axle, 5 tonnes or, in the case of any other trailer, 750 kg”.

Section 7

For Part II of Schedule 6 there shall be substituted the Part II set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.