The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1997
These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) by providing—that a person wishing to drive an incomplete large vehicle over 3.5 tonnes in weight must hold a licence which would authorise him to drive a goods vehicle of an equivalent weight;that a person holding a licence to drive vehicles in category B only and wishing to drive a vehicle in sub-category D1 under the derogation in regulation 6(9) of the 1996 Regulations must comply with the medical standards applicable to sub-category D1 when he reaches the age of 70; andfor the extension, until 1st January 1999, of the exemption under which a person wishing to drive a mobile crane may do so on the authority of a category B licence and need not comply with other provisions relating to large goods vehicles.