Driver’s licences for different vehicles
The categories of driving licences, classes of motor vehicles relating to each category of such licences
and the authority conveyed by such licences, are included in the table below.
Code Class of motor vehicle
Authorisation
B
A motor vehicle, excluding a motor cycle, motor tricycle, tractor and
a motor vehicle which is a type of mobile agricultural or industrial
equipment or machinery not designed principally for the conveyance
of persons or goods, being –
(i) a motor vehicle, including a motor home, the tare of which does
not exceed 3 500 kg; or
(ii) a minibus, a bus or a goods vehicle, the gross vehicle mass of
which does not exceed 3 500 kg, with or without a trailer, the
gross vehicle mass of which does not exceed 750 kg, but does
not include an articulated motor vehicle.
Includes authorisation to
drive –
(i) a tractor; and
(ii) a motor vehicle
which is a type of
mobile agricultural
or industrial equip-
ment or machin-
ery not designed
principally for the
conveyance of per-
sons or goods, with
or without a trailer.
C1
A motor vehicle, excluding a motor cycle, motor tricycle, tractor and
a motor vehicle which is a type of mobile agricultural or industrial
equipment or machinery not designed principally for the conveyance
of persons or goods, being –
(i) a motor vehicle, the tare of which exceeds 3 500 kg, but does not
exceed 16 000 kg; or
(ii) a minibus, a bus or a goods vehicle, the gross vehicle mass
of which exceeds 3 500 kg, but does not exceed 16 000 kg,
with or without a trailer, the gross vehicle mass of which does not
exceed 750 kg, but does not include an articulated motor vehicle.
Includes authorisation to
drive any motor vehicle
for which a Code B driv-
ing licence is required.
C
A motor vehicle, excluding a motor cycle, motor tricycle, tractor and
a motor vehicle which is a type of mobile agricultural or industrial
equipment or machinery not designed principally for the convey-
ance of persons or goods, being a bus or a goods vehicle, the gross
vehicle mass of which exceeds 16 000 kg, with or without a trailer the
gross vehicle mass of which does not exceed 750 kg, but does not
include an articulated motor vehicle.
Includes authorisation to
drive any motor vehicle
for which a Code B or
C1 driving licence is
required.
EB
A motor vehicle, excluding a motor cycle, motor tricycle, tractor and
a motor vehicle which is a type of mobile agricultural or industrial
equipment or machinery not designed principally for the conveyance
of persons or goods, being –
(i) an articulated motor vehicle, of which the gross combination
mass of the truck-tractor does not exceed 3 500 kg;
(ii) a combination of –
(aa) a motor vehicle of which the tare does not exceed 3 500 kg;
or (bb) a minibus, bus or goods vehicle, the gross vehicle mass of
which does not exceed 3 500 kg, with a trailer the gross vehicle
mass of which exceeds 750 kg.
Includes authorisation to
drive any motor vehicle
for which a Code B driv-
ing licence is required.
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