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Epilepsy rules eased

10th December 1992
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IN Drivers whose LGV licences were revoked after a health crackdown by the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority could be back on the road soon. The DVLA took action against all drivers who had suffered an epileptic attack since the age of five. But licences are expected to be returned from 1 January 1993 if drivers can prove they are "free of any liability to epileptic seizures". If the law is changed it will be a victory for a campaign started by Commercial Motor last spring to help drivers who have lost licences through illness suffered years ago.

Richard Verge, head of licensing at the DVLA, says: "We expect the law to be changed by 1 January to allow those drivers who have suffered an epileptic attack but who can provide medical evidence that they are no longer subject to epileptic seizures to have their licence returned. At the moment, the law bars anyone who has suffered from an epileptic attack from the age of five onwards.

"Earlier this year, when it became apparent that there could be a change in the law, we received applications from about a hundred drivers who have been disbarred by the current regulations concerning epilepsy." Some of those applications to the DVLA are from drivers who fell foul of the DVLA's strict interpretation of the regulations after it took over the responsibility for awarding licences from the Traffic Commissioners in April 1991.


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