Learner drivers, holders of defensive driving certificates
and bus drivers were granted a reprieve yesterday if their licences or
certificates expired during the lockdown or they were required to undergo a new
test.
The validity of learner driving licences and defensive
driving certificates expiring after 30 March during the lockdown are
automatically extended by 180 days or until the lockdown ends, whichever is
sooner.
Drivers of public service vehicles, mainly bus drivers, who
were due for a retest during the lockdown have been deemed to be successful and
can continue working until the lockdown ends, but then will be required to take
their re-test on a date to be set by the Minister of Transport and
Infrastructural Development.
The reprieve was announced in an amendment to the lockdown
regulations gazetted yesterday by the Health Minister.
The same amendment also requires those in the hotel and restaurant
industry starting work since the start of the lockdown, or from 20 June, to be
tested for Covid-19 and obtaining a Covid-19 free certificated within 21 of the
start of work, and then at intervals to be set by the Health Minister. Herald
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