[F189A The alternative requirements to those in section 89.E+W+S
(1)The alternative requirements referred to in section 89(1) of this Act are the following.
(2)The reqirement which is alternative to that specified in section 89(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 subsection (3) below—
(a)is available to that person if the application is made within the period of ten years beginning with the appointed day, and
(b)is that at some time before the appointed day and during the period of ten years ending with the date the application is made he has passed—
(i)the test of competence to drive prescribed by virtue of section 89(3) of this Act or a test of competence to drive which corresponds to such a test, or
(ii)a Northern Ireland test of competence to drive which corresponds to any test falling within (i) above, or
(iii)a test of competence which under section 89(6) of this Act 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 section 89(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 subsection—
(a)is available to that person if the application is made within the period of five years beginning with the appointed day, and
(b)is that at some time before the appointed day and during the period of five 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 Northern Ireland 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 section 89(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 subsection (5) below is that at some time 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 Northern Ireland 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 section 89(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 subsection is that at some time before the appointed day but not earlier than the beginning of the period of five years ending with the appointed day 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 Northern Ireland licence to drive heavy goods vehicles of a class corresponding to the class of vehicle to which his application relates or a Northern Ireland 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 section 89(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 ten years beginning with the appointed day, and
(b)is that at some time before the appointed day and during the period of ten 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 section “heavy goods vehicle” and “public service vehicle” have the same meaning as they had for the purposes of Part IV of this Act or section 22 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act M11981 before their repeal by section 1 of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 89A inserted (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 4(1)(4)
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