Amendment of minimum ages for holding or obtaining licences

2.—(1) Regulation 9 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999(1) (minimum ages for holding or obtaining licences) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4) In item 5, the age of 16 is substituted for the age of 17 in the case of a small vehicle driven without a trailer attached where the driver of the vehicle is a person —

(a)who fulfils the requirements set out in paragraph (4A); or

(b)who is in receipt of personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(2) which includes the mobility component at the enhanced rate in pursuance of section 79 of that Act.”.

(3) After paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A) The requirements referred to in paragraph (4)(a) are—

(a)the person has received an award of the higher rate component of the disability living allowance made in pursuance of section 73 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(3); and

(b)the award mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) was in force immediately before the 16th birthday of that person; and

(c)the person has made a claim for personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.”.