Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 784
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Made
27th June 2018
Laid before Parliament
2nd July 2018
Coming into force
24th July 2018
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ).
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the licensing of drivers( 2 ).
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 24th July 2018.
Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999
2. —(1)The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 7(10), insert—
“ (11) A person who holds a relevant full licence authorising the driving of vehicles included in category B, and who has undertaken a minimum of five hours training by a registered instructor on the driving of an alternatively fuelled vehicle with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 3,500 kilograms, may drive such a vehicle provided its maximum authorised mass does not exceed 4,250 kilograms, when that vehicle—
(a) is being driven for the purpose of transporting goods;
(b) is not being driven outside the territory of Great Britain;
(c) has no trailer attached.
(12) For the purposes of this regulation —
“an alternatively fuelled vehicle” means a motor vehicle powered by—
electricity, natural gas, biogas or hydrogen; or
hydrogen and electricity; and
“a registered instructor” means a person who is on the National Register of LGV instructors ( 4 ) or the National Vocational Driving Instructors Register ( 5 ) . ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Jesse Norman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
27th June 2018
1972 c. 68 ; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7) .
As designated by article 2 and Schedule 1 to the European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2002 ( S.I. 2002/2840 )
S.I. 1999/2864 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/977 , S.I. 2014/613 and S.I. 2014/3190 . There are other amendments that are not relevant to these Regulations.