Statutory guidance

Regulations to simplify driving licence upgrade and motorcycle test rules

Draft regulations to change licence upgrades if you take a test in an automatic vehicle, and to reduce the motorcycle engine capacity needed for some tests.

From:
Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Published
19 October 2021

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Notification to Parliament: The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

PDF, 118 KB, 1 page

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Draft statutory instrument: The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

PDF, 189 KB, 3 pages

Draft explanatory memorandum: The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

PDF, 386 KB, 10 pages

Details

These regulations amend The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 to:

  • allow drivers who pass a driving test in certain categories of automatic vehicles to drive a manual vehicle in that category, as long as they can already drive a manual vehicle in a different category
  • reduce the minimum motorcycle engine capacity that’s needed for a standard motorcycle (subcategory A2) test from 395cc to 245cc

These regulations relate to the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, because they amend subordinate legislation under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

Written ministerial statement about the draft legislation, 19 October 2021.

Published 19 October 2021

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