34Heavy vehicle licence eligibility

34 Heavy vehicle licence eligibility (1) A person satisfies the eligibility requirements for a heavy vehicle licence of a particular class if the person— (a) successfully completes the relevant assessment for the class of (b) has at any time— (i) for a light rigid vehicle licence—held a provisional or full car licence (or both of them) for at least 1 year; or (ii) for a medium rigid vehicle licence—held a provisional or full car licence (or both of them) for at least 1 year; or (iii) for a heavy rigid vehicle licence—held a provisional or full car licence (or both of them) for at least 2 years; or (iv) for a heavy combination vehicle licence—held a provisional or full medium rigid vehicle or heavy rigid vehicle licence (or a mix of them) for at least 1 year; or

(v) for a multi-combination vehicle licence—held a provisional or full heavy rigid vehicle or heavy combination vehicle licence (or a mix of them) for at least 1 year. (2) For subsection (1) (a), the relevant assessment for a class of heavy vehicle licence is either of the following: (a) an approved heavy vehicle driver training course for the class; (b) a test or assessment, set by the road transport authority for the class, and carried out by an authorised person or heavy vehicle driver assessor, to assess— (i) the person’s knowledge of safe driving practices or road law; and (ii) the person’s driving ability. Note 1 Approved heavy vehicle driver training course—see dict. Note 2 Under s 68 (1) periods of licence suspension or disqualification are not counted and every other period when the person has, at any time, held the relevant class of licence or a higher class is counted. Note 3 Under s 68 (2) any period when the person has, at any time, held a (3) A person satisfies the eligibility requirements in subsection (2) (b) (i) if— (a) for a medium rigid vehicle licence—the person has successfully completed the stated test for a light rigid vehicle licence; or (b) for a heavy vehicle rigid vehicle licence—the person has successfully completed the stated test for either a light rigid vehicle licence or medium rigid vehicle licence.

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