The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

16.  In regulation 40 (nature of tests other than extended tests)—

(a) for paragraph (3), substitute—

“(3) Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (4), the test for a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class included in category C, C + E, D or D + E shall be conducted in four parts, namely—

(a) the large vehicle test of driving theory,

(b) the large vehicle test of hazard perception,

(c) the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test, and

(d) a practical test of driving skills and behaviour,

and a person taking such a test must pass all four parts.”;

(b) after paragraph (3), insert—

“(3A) Where a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test and practical test are to be conducted by a DVSA examiner, such tests may be conducted concurrently and the requirements of regulation 40A(2)(c) shall not apply.”;

(c) in paragraph (4)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “specified requirements prescribed in respect of the”, insert “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test and”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (aa), after “specified requirements prescribed in respect of the”, insert “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test and”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ab), after “specified requirements prescribed in respect of the”, insert “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test and”,

(iv) in sub-paragraph (ac), after “specified requirements prescribed in respect of the”, insert “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test and”,

(v) in sub-paragraph (b), after “shall consist of”, insert “a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test and”.