S.L. 65.18 Art. 28Exempt drivers.

The provisions of regulation 27 shall not apply to the drivers of:

(a) vehicles with a maximum authorised speed not exceeding forty-five (45) kilometres per hour;

(b) vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces, civil defence, the fire and rescue service and forces responsible for maintaining public order; and emergency ambulance services, when the carriage is undertaken as a consequence of the tasks assigned to those services;

(c) vehicles undergoing road tests for technical development, repair or maintenance purposes, or the drivers of new or rebuilt vehicles which have not yet been put into service;

(d) vehicles for which a driving licence of category D or D1 is required and which are driven without passengers by maintenance personnel to or from a maintenance centre situated in the vicinity of the nearest maintenance base which is used by the transport operator, provided that driving the vehicle does not constitute the driver's principal activity;

(e) vehicles used in states of emergency or assigned to rescue missions, including vehicles used in the non-commercial transport of humanitarian aid;

(f) vehicles used for driving instruction for, and examination of, any person wishing to obtain a driving licence or a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), in accordance with regulation 29, provided that they are not being used for the commercial carriage of goods and passengers;

(g) vehicles used for non-commercial carriage of passengers or goods; and

(h) vehicles carrying material, equipment or machinery to be used by the drivers in the course of their work, provided that driving the vehicles is not the drivers’ principal activity:

Provided that paragraph (f) shall not apply to any person wishing to obtain a driving licence or a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), in accordance with regulation 29, when that person is undergoing additional driving training during work-based learning, where that person is accompanied by another person certified by a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), or a driving instructor, for the category of vehicle used for the purpose set out in that paragraph.