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BE licence category: am I entitled to it?

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  • 14-10-2014 9:04pm
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    cantdecide
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭


    I got my first 'provisional licence' in July 2000 and passed my B/W/AM in April 2001. I never had the BE category. Is it too late to have it added retrospectively?


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    mullingar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭mullingar


    No.

    I have a full B since 1994 and I had to go through the full process

    AFAIK, only those who processed full B licences prior to 1985 (or is it '87) are entitled to a free BE upgrade.


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    Stoolbend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭Stoolbend


    It was never an automatic add on in those years.

    You'll have to do a theory test, apply for learner permit and then sit a test.

    You don't have to hold the permit for 6 months before sitting the test though.


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    mullingar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭mullingar


    Found it

    http://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Licensed-Drivers/Driving-licence/Cars-and-Trailers/
    Car and trailer licence entitlement

    Where a person sat a driving test in the car category in Ireland and got their full driving licence in class C before 13 November 1989 they would have been entitled by default to tow a trailer of unlimited size. Some people lost their entitlement to tow a trailer of unlimited size because they did not apply for this category on renewal of their licence or within 10 years of having the class C on their licence.

    Due to a change in the law a person wishing to tow a trailer of unlimited size after 13 November 1989 had to pass a driving test in the car and trailer licence category. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has decided that those people who lost the entitlement can now apply to have this category added to their driving licence without the need to sit a driving test. Any person availing of this change must have continued to retain their entitlement to the car category (category B) since 1989.


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