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The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

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Suspension or withdrawal of train driving licences issued by the DepartmentN.I.

34.—(1) Without prejudice to regulation 37, if the Department considers that the holder of a train driving licence F1... no longer satisfies a condition required for the holding of it the Department must—

(a)suspend or withdraw the licence; and

(b)inform the holder concerned and his employer of—

(i)the suspension or withdrawal;

(ii)the reasons for it;

(iii)the availability of the review procedure under regulation 18; and

(iv)any procedure to be followed to seek reinstatement of the licence.

(2) If the Department suspends or withdraws a train driving licence the holder must surrender it to the Department.

(3) If a safety authority [F2or the Office of Rail and Road]

(a)informs the Department that it considers the holder of a train driving licence issued by the Department no longer satisfies a condition required for the holding of it; and

(b)gives the Department a reasoned request for a review of the holder’s eligibility to hold the licence, or for the licence to be suspended or withdrawn;

the Department must consider that request and, within four weeks, notify the safety authority [F2or the Office of Rail and Road], as the case may be, of its decision whether to suspend or withdraw the licence or take any other action.

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