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Amendment of Regulations

6.  In regulation 9 (time limits for obtaining a CPC)—

(a)for paragraph (4) substitute—

(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a relevant licence holder where that person—

(a)holds an initial CPC issued in a member State other than the United Kingdom or in Gibraltar and no longer time than the relevant Article 8(2)(a) period has elapsed since the issue of the initial CPC; or

(b)is exempted under Article 4 of the Directive from the requirement to obtain an initial qualification and no longer time than the relevant Article 8(2)(b) period has elapsed since—

(i)in the case of a licence authorising the driving of a relevant vehicle falling within category C or C+E, 10th September 2009; or

(ii)in the case of a licence authorising the driving of a relevant vehicle falling within category D or D+E, 10th September 2008.; and

(b)after paragraph (4) insert—

(4A) For the purposes of paragraph (4)—