ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993. 2 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Large Goods and Passenger-Carrying Vehicles) Regulations 1990 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 In regulation 3 (Application), in paragraph (2), after “24” there shall be inserted “(1)(b) to (e), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8)”. 4 In regulation 6 (Disabilities)— a in paragraph (1) after “in addition to the disabilities prescribed by regulation 24” there shall be inserted “(1)(b) to (e)”; b in paragraph (1)(a) for “an epileptic attack since attaining the age of 5 years” there shall be substituted “liability to epileptic seizures”; c in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) for “in the case of a person who did not hold an existing licence on 1st January 1983 but” there shall be substituted “in the case of a person not falling within paragraph (1)(b)(i) above”. 5 In regulation 18 (Requirements for tests)— a in paragraph (1)(a) after “suitable for the purposes of the test under paragraph (3)” there shall be inserted “or paragraph (3A), whichever is appropriate,”; b in paragraph (3) for “A vehicle shall not be suitable for the purpose of a test unless” there shall be substituted “A passenger-carrying vehicle shall not be suitable for the purpose of test unless”; c in paragraph (3)(a) and paragraph (3)(b) sub-paragraphs (i) and (iv) shall be deleted; d after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 3A A large goods vehicle shall not be suitable for the purpose of a test unless— a if the test is taken before 1st July 1996— i in the case of a test for category C, it has a maximum authorised mass which exceeds 7.5 tonnes; ii in the case of a test for category C plus E, it is either— a an articulated goods vehicle combination, or b a combination of vehicles comprising a vehicle in category C and a trailer with at least two axles with a permissible maximum weight in relation to the combination of at least 15 tonnes; and b if the test is taken on or after that date, it is capable of a speed of at least 80 kilometres per hour and— i in the case of a test for category C, it has a maximum authorised mass of at least 10 tonnes and an overall length of at least 7 metres; ii in the case of a test for category C plus E, it is either— a an articulated goods vehicle with a maximum authorised mass of at least 18 tonnes and an overall length of at least 12 metres, or b a combination of vehicles with a maximum authorised mass of at least 18 tonnes and an overall length of at least 12 metres comprising a vehicle in category C with a maximum authorised mass of at least 10 tonnes and an overall length of at least 7 metres and a trailer with an overall length of at least 4 metres. . 6 In Schedule 1 (Categories of vehicles), in column (2), in the entry describing the vehicles in— a category C and category D for “750 kg or a trailer of any mass with a single axle” there shall be substituted “, in the case of a trailer with a single axle, 5 tonnes or, in the case of any other trailer, 750 kg”; b category C plus E and category D plus E for “750 kg and with more than a single axle” there shall be substituted “, in the case of a trailer with a single axle, 5 tonnes or, in the case of any other trailer, 750 kg”. 7 For Part II of Schedule 6 there shall be substituted the Part II set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Kenneth Carlisle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 8th December 1992