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tion" hgv licence holders have to take the hgv test before applying for their next hgv licence? Is there anything at all in the hgv licence legislation that suggests exemption holders will ever have to take the test other than for infringements of the law? AThere is no reason to expect that a driver,
granted an hgv driving licence under the exemption from test arrangements, will have to take a test after February 2, 1973, or at any other time provided he maintains a current hgv driving licence and provided his licence is not revoked for some reason by the Licensing Authority.
If, however, an hgv driving licence is allowed to lapse for a period of more than five years from the date of expiry the driver will have to take, and pass, a test on the appropriate class of vehicle to regain the licence.
In the case of misdemeanours, an LA has powers to revoke an hgv driving licence and also to require a driver to take the test to regain a licence at a later date or he can also, if he feels justified in doing so, require any driver who previously held a licence whether by exemption or by passing the test to take a test.
This can also apply in principle to ordinary driving licence holders. A court can specify that a driver should take a driving test before having a licence returned to him after disqualification.
In both cases, however, it does require a serious offence or series of offences to cause such action to be taken and it does not happen very frequently.