Licence Category Description of category since 19 January 2013 Minimum Age
24 years or 20 with progressive access (see page 39). People under
A Motorcycles Motor tricycles
21 years of age are not eligible to ride a motor tricycle.
B
17 years
Vehicles (other than motorcycles, mopeds, work vehicles or land tractors) with a Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) not exceeding 3,500kg, having passenger accommodation for not more than 8 persons in addition to the driver and where the MAM weight of the trailer is not greater than 750kg, or where the combined design gross vehicle weight of the towing vehicle and the trailer does not exceed 3,500kg. Quadricycles (other than those covered by category AM) are also covered by this category.
BE
17 years
Combination of drawing vehicles in category B and trailer where the MAM of the trailer is not greater than 3,500kg.
W Work vehicles and land tractors 16 years
21 years or 18 with a Certificate of
C
Professional Competency
(CPC)
Vehicles other than those in categories D1 or D, or work vehicles or land tractors, whose MAM is over 3,500kg and which are designed and constructed to carry not more than 8 passengers in addition to the driver; motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer having a MAM which does not exceed 750kg.