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Applications for [F1manoeuvres or] practical tests: motor bicycle instructorsE+W+S

32.—(1) A motor bicycle instructor who wishes to make an appointment for [F2a manoeuvres test or] a practical test prescribed in respect of category [F3AM or A] which is to be conducted by a [F4DVSA examiner] and taken by a person who has, or will have, received from that instructor instruction in the driving of vehicles of a class included in either category shall—

(a)apply for such an appointment to the Secretary of State, specifying the date and time for the appointment which the instructor wishes to reserve and the place where he wishes the test to be conducted,

(b)provide such details relating to—

(i)himself,

(ii)his establishment,

(iii)the vehicle on which the test is to be taken, and

(iv)the nature of the test,

as the Secretary of State may reasonably require, and

(c)pay such fee (recoverable from the person nominated under paragraph (4)) as is specified in regulation 35.

(2) The Secretary of State may refuse to accept an application from a motor bicycle instructor (or, where two or more applications have been made on the same occasion, to accept all or any of those applications) where an appointment specified in the application is unavailable or where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, it is reasonably necessary to do so in the general interests of applicants for [F5manoeuvres tests, practical tests] or unitary tests.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (5), upon receipt of such details and such fee the Secretary of State shall confirm to the motor bicycle instructor the date and time of the appointment.

(4) If, before the expiration of the qualifying period, the Secretary of State receives from the motor bicycle instructor the name and such further details relating to—

(a)the person receiving instruction from that instructor who will at the appointment submit himself for that test,

(b)the licence which that person holds,

(c)the nature of the test, and

(d)the vehicle on which the test is to be taken,

as the Secretary of State may reasonably require, the Secretary of State shall make the arrangements necessary for the taking of the appropriate test.

(5) A person nominated by a motor bicycle instructor pursuant to paragraph (4) for [F6a manoeuvres test or] a practical test in respect of any class of motor vehicle included in category [F7AM or A] may neither be so nominated nor apply under regulation 31 for a further appointment for a test [F8of the same sort] in respect of a motor vehicle of the same class unless—

(a)the appointment made pursuant to the first nomination has been cancelled, or

(b)the test due on that appointment does not take place for any reason other than cancellation, or

(c)he has kept that appointment (whether or not the test is completed).

(6) The qualifying period for the purposes of paragraph (4) is the period expiring at [F916.00 hours on the day which allows one clear working day to elapse between that day and] the day for which the appointment is made.

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