Categories
Category
C1
Vehicle over 3.5 tonnes but below 7.5 tonnes MPW. May draw
a trailer of up to 750kg (’Car’ licences issued
before January 1997 had automatic rights to drive up to
7.5 tonnes. Licences issued after then do not allow holder
to drive vehicles between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes, which require
a C1 test)
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Category
C1 + E
Combinations
where the tractor is in category C and the trailer exceeds
750kg but not the tractor’s unladen weight, and the
combination is below 12 tonnes GTW (For licences issued
prior to 1997, category is restricted to 8.25 tonnes GTW)
C Any vehicle exceeding 3.5 tonnes MPW, other than those
in categories DFGH, including a trailer not over 750kg (i.e.,
all rigid LGV's – the old HGV Class 2 and 3 licences)
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Category
C
Any
vehicle exceeding 3.5 tonnes MPW, other than those in categories
DFGH, including a trailer not over 750kg (i.e., all rigid
LGVs – the old HGV Class 2 and 3 licences) C+
E Combinations where the prime mover is in category C but
the combination is not in that category (equivalent to old
HGV Class 1; covers all articulated and drawbar trailer
combinations)
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Category
C + E
Combinations
where the prime mover is in category C but the combination
is not in that category (equivalent to old HGV Class 1;
covers all articulated and drawbar trailer combinations)
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Category
D
For
PCV
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