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You can drive minibuses with 9 to 16 passenger seats from age 18.

Existing licence holders with D1 entitlement will need to apply for provisional D1 status to have the 101 restriction removed if you want to carry passengers for ‘Hire and Reward’.

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PCV Driver CPC required from September 2008

New drivers will require Module 2 Theory and Module 4 Practical Demonstration in addition to licence acquisition.

Existing Drivers require 35 hours Periodic training every five years.

You can drive Buses and Coaches from age 18 although you will be restricted to operations within 50 kms of base, Age 21 no restriction, This category gives the holder full PCV entitlement to drive any bus or coach regardless of passenger seats.

If you want to upgrade from an automatic PCV licence you can take the category D manual test or you can take an LGV category C test, this will automatically upgrade your automatic PCV licence to a full manual licence. More info