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Provisional Licence Question

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  • 10-10-2005 4:18pm
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    murphaph
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭


    Bit of an oddball question. I hold a full B licence and a provisional A licence. I now want to apply for a provisional C licence.

    On the application form, do I have to tick the box for 'A' as well as 'C' to ensure I get the provisional back with both categories on it? I assume this is how they do it, ie, they don't issue a different provisional for each category but just add the required category to your licence and return a single licence to you?


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    blahblah06
    Registered Users Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    Why do you have to licences? you should on have your full as that covers the provo a if im not mistaken


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    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,476 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    No, you would have 2 licences in the above situation.

    Murphaph you are quite correct tick both A and C or you could risk getting it back with no A on it.


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    blahblah06
    Registered Users Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    I dont understand how.. i have a full b licence and i used to have a provo a and w but sent the provo of to get replaced with the full licence as it covers it..


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    murphaph
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    Cheers Mr. Bond!

    blahblah, if you got a full A licence after only sitting a B test you got very lucky-cos the B test only covers driving categories B, W and M and nothing else.


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    blahblah06
    Registered Users Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    I dont have a full A licence i had a provo A but got that replaced by the full b licence as the tax office said the full b covers the from a and a1 & w


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    blahblah06 wrote:
    I dont have a full A licence i had a provo A but got that replaced by the full b licence as the tax office said the full b covers the from a and a1 & w
    :eek:
    It doesn't. Whoever told you that is a moron.

    murphaph, that raises quite. Since you *must* have a full B (or C1) licence to apply for a C provisional, I always assumed that prov C == full B. But since the full A licence has no bearing on your ability to get a prov. C licence, how does that work?
    If you have a provisional C licence with cats. A, B and C marked on it, what's to distinguish you from someone with Prov A + Prov C? Or would they have to give you two separate licences? Hypothetical.


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    murphaph
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    seamus wrote:
    :eek:
    It doesn't. Whoever told you that is a moron.
    Indeed. There are definitely some folk working in tax offices who don't know what's what.
    seamus wrote:
    murphaph, that raises quite. Since you *must* have a full B (or C1) licence to apply for a C provisional, I always assumed that prov C == full B.
    No, sure the provisional C would be worthless outside Ireland.
    seamus wrote:
    If you have a provisional C licence with cats. A, B and C marked on it, what's to distinguish you from someone with Prov A + Prov C? Or would they have to give you two separate licences? Hypothetical.
    You should never have a full B and a provisional B in your posession. They know what you have (they keep track of you with the driver/MTO number on the licence-you'll notice that any licence you have full or provisional will have the same driver number) and should never issue a provisional licence if you've already got a full licence in that category so you can't have a provisional with A, B and C on it!


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