The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

43.  In regulation 76 (effect of change in classification of vehicles for licensing purposes)—

(a)in paragraphs (1) and (2) for “old”, in each instance where it appears, substitute “older”;

(b)after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) Subject to paragraphs (3C) to (3E), in a licence (whether full or provisional) granted before 19th January 2013, a reference to motor vehicles in an old category shall be construed as a reference to motor vehicles in the new category corresponding thereto and a reference to motor vehicles of a class included in an old category shall be construed as a reference to vehicles of the corresponding class included in the new category.”;

(c)in paragraph (3) for “old” in each instance where it appears, substitute “older”;

(d)after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3C) Where a licence (whether full or provisional) granted before 19th January 2013 authorises the driving of—

(a)standard motor bicycles only, or

(b)standard motor bicycles and side-car combinations only,

any reference in that licence to motor vehicles in category A (save for those in sub-category A1) shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (3D).

(3D) A reference in a licence of the type referred to in paragraph (3C) granted before 19th January 2013 to motor vehicles in category A shall be construed as a reference—

(a)where the standard access period has not expired, to motor vehicles in sub-category A2; and

(b)where that period has expired, to motor vehicles in category A.

(3E) Paragraph (2A) shall not apply to a reference to vehicles in sub-category D1 in a licence granted before 1st January 1997.

(3F) Where a licence granted before 19th January 2013 authorises only the driving of a class of motor vehicles included in an old category having automatic transmission, it shall not under this regulation authorise the driving of any vehicle not having automatic transmission.”;

(e)in paragraph (4)—

(i)in the definition of “old category” for “column (1)” substitute “column (2)”;

(ii)after the definition of “old category” insert—

““older category” and “class included in an older category”, mean respectively a category and a class of vehicles specified in column (1) of the table at the end of this regulation,”;

(iii)for the definition of “new category” substitute—

““new category” and “class included in a new category”—

(a)in relation to an old category, means respectively the category (or, as the case may be, the sub-category) and the class of vehicles specified in column (3) of the table as corresponding to the relevant old category or class included in that old category; and

(b)in relation to an older category, means respectively the category (or, as the case may be, the sub-category) and the class of vehicles specified in column (3) of the table as corresponding to the relevant older category or class included in that older category,”;

(f)for the table at the end of paragraph (4) substitute—