The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

Restrictions on the grant of large goods and passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licences E+W+S

12.—(1) An applicant for a large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence shall not, subject to paragraph (2), be granted a licence if, at the date from which the licence applied for is to take effect, any—

(a) large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence held by him is suspended, or

(b) Northern Ireland large goods or passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence held by him is suspended,

under section 115 of the Traffic Act or, as the case may be, under the provision of the law for the time being in force in Northern Ireland corresponding to that enactment.

(2) A person may apply for a large goods vehicle driver’s licence notwithstanding that, at the date from which the licence applied for is to take effect, any passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence held by him is suspended and such suspension relates to his conduct other than as a driver of a motor vehicle.

(3) An applicant for an LGV trainee driver’s licence—

(a) must be a registered employee of a registered employer (within the meaning of regulation 54), and

(b) must not be a person who—

(i) has been convicted (or is to be treated as if he had been convicted) of an offence as a result of which [F1 at least four penalty points fall] to be taken into account under section 29 of the Offenders Act, or

(ii) has at any time been disqualified by a court for holding or obtaining a licence or by a court in Northern Ireland for holding or obtaining a Northern Ireland licence, and

[F2 (c) must satisfy the Secretary of State that he has satisfactorily completed the off-road elements of the training programme prescribed for drivers of goods vehicles by Council Directive 76/914/EEC (that is those set out in paragraphs 1 and 2.1 to 2.8 of the Annex to the directive)].

(4) An applicant for a large goods vehicle driver’s licence who is a member of the armed forces and is under the age of 21 must not be a person who has—

(a) been convicted (or is, by virtue of section 58 of the Offenders Act F3 , to be treated as if he had been convicted) of an offence as a result of which [F4 at least four penalty points fall] to be taken into account under section 29 of the Offenders Act F5 , or

(b) at any time been disqualified by a court for holding or obtaining a licence or by a court in Northern Ireland for holding or obtaining a Northern Ireland licence.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 12(3)(b)(i) substituted (1.4.2003) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/636), regs. 1(a), 3(2)

F2 Reg. 12(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2003) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/636), regs. 1(a), 3(3)

F3 Section 58(1) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.

F4 Words in reg. 12(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2003) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/636), regs. 1(a), 3(2)

F5 Section 29 was substituted by section 28 of the 1991 Act.