Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 19998.

In Schedule 2 (categories and sub-categories of vehicle for licensing purposes), in Part 1, in the table in column (2)—

(a)

opposite vehicle category B in column (1), for the words from “Motor vehicles” to “including:” substitute—

“Motor vehicles, other than vehicles included in category Q, AM, A, F or K, having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes and designed and constructed for not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver, including:”;

(b)

for the words opposite vehicle category D in column (1) substitute—

“Motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of more than eight passengers in addition to the driver, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms.”; and

(c)

for the words opposite vehicle sub-category D1 in column (1) substitute—

“A sub-category of category D comprising motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of not more than sixteen passengers not including the driver, with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters and including any such vehicle drawing a trailer with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kilograms.”.