Q We are a bus company and we have the
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opportunity to acquire a large breakdown vehicle with which we propose to recover broken-down buses. The snag is that none of our staff has a heavy goods vehicle driving licence. Is it more sensible to employ an hgv driver who should also hold a psv driving licence or have one of our own staff to obtain an hgv licence?
A Although, in general, of vehicles over 3 tons u require an hgv licence, this di apply to drive the vehicle you provided it does not exceed 1 unladen and is used by a drivel psv driving licence to recover Exemption from the hgv licence regulations in circumstances is contained Heavy Goods Vehicle (E Licences) (Amendment) Regu 1972 SI 1956.
Here Regulation 2(b) exemi vehicles (other than an artic vehicle) having an unladen not exceeding 10 tons, being a' which belongs to the holde public service vehicle licence g under Section 127 of the Act c or in his possession und agreement for hire purchase, I loan, when driven on his beha person who holds a licence tc public service vehicles granted Section 144 of that Act f( purpose of (i) proceeding to or returniru a place where assistance is to has been rendered to a di vehicle being a vehicle in resr which, at the time when it b disabled, a public service N licence granted under the Section 127 was in force, or (ii) moving such a disabled so as to prevent its causit obstruction or towing it fro. place where it has become disal a place where it is to be rep stored or broken up".