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

Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

7.  In regulation 31 (applications for manoeuvres, practical and unitary tests: applicants in person)—

(a) for the heading, substitute “Applications for manoeuvres tests, large vehicle off road manoeuvres tests, practical tests and unitary tests: applicants in person”;

(b) in paragraph (1), after “manoeuvres test,”, insert “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test,”;

(c) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) An applicant in person wishing to take a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test to be conducted by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner shall—

(a) apply for an appointment for such a test to a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider,

(b) provide the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider with such details relating to themself, the licence which they hold, the preferred location of the test, the nature of the test and the vehicle on which the test is to be taken as the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider may reasonably require, and

(c) pay such fee as may be specified in regulation 35.”;

(d) in paragraph (2), after “Secretary of State”, insert “or a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test provider, as the case may be,”;

(e) in paragraph (3), after “manoeuvres test,”, insert “large vehicle off road manoeuvres test,”;

(f) after paragraph (3), insert—

“(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1A), no application may be made for a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test which can or will be conducted by a large vehicle off road manoeuvres test examiner that has provided any form of instruction in any capacity to the applicant in person.”.