The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Amendment of the principal Regulations

16.  In regulation 38 (further requirements at tests)—

(a) in paragraph (1) after “theory test,” insert “manoeuvres test,”;

(b) in paragraph (4) after “for a” insert “manoeuvres test or”;

(c) in paragraph (5) for “practical” substitute “manoeuvres test, practical test”;

(d) in paragraph (5A) after “theory test” insert “manoeuvres test”;

(e) in paragraph (7) for “practical” substitute “manoeuvres test, practical test”;

(f) in paragraph (8) after “for a” insert “manoeuvres test or”;

(g) after paragraph (8) insert—

“(8A) Subject to paragraph (8B), before commencement of a practical test in relation to a vehicle of a class included in category A or P the person submitting to the test shall produce to the person conducting the test a module 1 pass certificate which—

(a) is valid;

(b) is in respect of the same category or sub-category of vehicle as that in which the practical test is to be taken; and

(c) save in a case where sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) applies, records as the date of the theory test the same date as is recorded for that test in the valid standard theory test pass certificate which is produced in accordance with that paragraph.

(8B) In the case of a person who is exempt from the requirement to pass a theory test by virtue of regulation 42(1), the certificate produced in accordance with paragraph (8A) shall be dated no earlier than six months before the date on which it is produced.”; and

(h) in paragraph (9) for “practical” substitute “manoeuvres test, practical test”.