Q If the holder of a heavy goods vehicle driving licence
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commits a driving offence while driving a private motor car and subsequently is prosecuted and disqualified, does that disqualification also apply to his hgv licence or would the driver be allowed to drive the heavier vehicle but not his car?
A Section 4(d) of the Heavy Goods Vehicles (Drivers' Licences) Regulations 1969 states, that an applicant for an hgv drivers' licence should hold a licence granted under Part 11 of the Road Traffic Act 1969 (now Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1972). This is the ordinary car driving licence.
Section 3 (3) (c) prohibits a person applying for an hgv licence if he is disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part II of the 1960 Act (Part III of the 1972 Act).
Moreover, Section 12 (I) states that if the holder of a Part II (now Part III) licence is disqualified, he should notify the Licensing Authority in whose area he resides of that disqualification and deliver to him his hgv licence.
Therefore, disqualification from driving a private car also carries with it the suspension of the hgv licence. The disqualified person is thus unable to drive a vehicle of any description on a road.