The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

• Citation: S.I. 2018/784
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 24th July 2018.

Section 2 Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

(1) The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 7(10), insert—

(11) A person who holds a relevant full licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in category B, and who has undertaken a minimum of five hours training by a registered instructor on the driving of an alternatively fuelled vehicle with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3,500 kilograms, may drive such a vehicle provided its maximum authorised mass does not exceed 4,250 kilograms, when that vehicle—

(a) is being driven for the purpose of transporting goods;

(b) is not being driven outside the territory of Great Britain;

(c) has no trailer attached.

(12) For the purposes of this regulation —

“an alternatively fuelled vehicle” means a motor vehicle powered by—

electricity, natural gas, biogas or hydrogen; or

hydrogen and electricity; and

“a registered instructor” means a person who is on the National Register of LGV instructors or the National Vocational Driving Instructors Register .