10ALearning to drive manual transmission vehicles

10A Learning to drive manual transmission vehicles (1) This section applies to a person who is the holder of a driver licence that is subject to the condition shown by the driver licence condition code A (which requires the person to drive only a motor vehicle fitted with automatic transmission). (2) The person may drive a motor vehicle with a manual transmission, of a kind that the person’s licence authorises the person to drive, if— (a) the seat next to the person is occupied by a person who holds a full licence that authorises the person to drive the motor vehicle; and (b) L-plates are conspicuously displayed, the correct way up, at the front and rear of the vehicle or on its roof, and are clearly visible from ahead of and behind the vehicle. (3) Subsection (2) (b) does not apply if the person— (a) is a police trainee undertaking recruit training or assessment; and (b) is driving a police vehicle.