Driving Licence Regulations Changed Again T HE Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences)
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Regulations, 1947, have been atnended by a new set of Regulations, which comes into operation on December 1. The new instrument is known as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations. 1948, and was made on October 7.
The diseases or disabilities which preclude an applicant for a licence from seeking a driving test will now also prevent the holder of a licence which the Licensing Authority is proposing to revoke because of the disease or disability, from applying for such a test. The grouping of vehicles for the purposes of driving tests has been revised (without prejudice to the rights of persons who passed the required test. before December 1, 1948), and those who pass tests in vehicles in certain groups will be deemed to be competent to drive vehicles in other specified groups.
The fee for a driving test on an agricultural tractor is increased from 2s. 6d. to 7s. 6d.
The supervisor of a learner-driver must himself be qualified to drive a vehicle of the class being employed, unless the holder of the provisional licence is undergoing a driving test.