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6.—(1) The alternative requirements referred to in Article 5(1) are the following.
(2) The requirement which is alternative to that specified in Article 5(1)(a) on an application by a person for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of any class other than any class of goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (3)—
(a)is available to that person if the application is made within the period of 10 years beginning with the appointed day, and
(b)is that at some time before the appointed day and during the period of 10 years ending with the date the application is made he has passed—
(i)the test of competence to drive prescribed by virtue of Article 5(3) or a test of competence to drive which corresponds to such a test, or
(ii)a Great Britain test of competence to drive which corresponds to any test falling within (i), or
(iii)a test of competence which under Article 5(7) is a sufficient test or a test of competence to drive which corresponds to such a test.
(3) The requirement which is alternative to that specified in Article 5(1)(a) on an application by a person for a licence authorising the driving of any class of goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)is available to that person if the application is made within the period of 5 years beginning with the appointed day, and
(b)is that at some time before the appointed day and during the period of 5 years ending with the date the application is made he has passed—
(i)a test of competence to drive a heavy goods vehicle or public service vehicle of a class corresponding to the class of vehicle to which his application relates, or
(ii)a corresponding Great Britain test of competence to drive a heavy goods vehicle or public service vehicle of a class which corresponds to the class of goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle to which his application relates.
(4) The requirement which is alternative to that specified in Article 5(1)(b) on an application by a person for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of any class other than any class of goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (5) is that at sometime before the appointed day but not earlier than 1st January 1976 he has held—
(a)a full licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class corresponding to the class of motor vehicle to which his application relates, or
(b)a full Great Britain licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class corresponding to the class of motor vehicle to which his application relates.
(5) The requirement which is alternative to that specified in Article 5(1)(b) on an application by a person for a licence authorising the driving of any class of goods vehicle or passenger-carrying vehicle prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph is that at some time before the appointed day but not earlier than the beginning of the period of 5 years ending on that date he has held—
(a)a full heavy goods vehicle or a public service vehicle driver's licence authorising the driving of vehicles of a class corresponding to the class of vehicle to which his application relates, or
(b)a full Great Britain licence to drive heavy goods vehicles of a class corresponding to the class of vehicle to which his application relates or a Great Britain licence to drive public service vehicles of a class corresponding to the class of vehicle to which his application relates.
(6) The requirement which is alternative to that specified in Article 5(1)(d) on an application by a person for a licence authorising the driving of motor vehicles of any class—
(a)is available to that person if the application is made within the period of 10 years beginning with the appointed day, and
(b)is that at some time before the appointed day and during the period of 10 years ending with the date the application is made he has held a full British external licence or a full British forces licence to drive vehicles of that or a corresponding class.
(7) In this Article “heavy goods vehicle” has the same meaning as it had for the purposes of Article 79 before its repeal by Article 4 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
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