The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007

[F1 8A.— (1) A person (other than a person to whom regulation 8 applies) may apply to the competent authority for a driver qualification card if he has passed the initial CPC test in accordance with regulation 5(1).

[F2 (2) A person who falls within regulation 6(10) may apply to the competent authority for a driver qualification card if that person has completed the required training and holds a qualifying licence.

(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the “required training” means 35 hours of—

(a) periodic training which entitles the person to a periodic CPC;

(b) Swiss periodic training which entitles the person to a Swiss periodic CPC; or

(c) a combination of periodic training and Swiss periodic training where that training would count towards the 35 hours of training which would entitle the person to a periodic CPC or a Swiss periodic CPC.

(2B) A person holds a qualifying licence for the purposes of paragraph (2) if—

(a) the person holds a Community licence, a British external licence, a Gibraltar licence or a Swiss licence; or

(b) the person holds a driving licence and some or all of that person’s training was undertaken outside the United Kingdom.]

(3) The person shall send to the competent authority—

(a) the fee specified in paragraph (6);

(b) if the competent authority so requests, a photograph of that person in such form as it may require; and

(c) in the case of an application made under paragraph (2), such documents or information as the competent authority may require in respect of [F3 any required training which was] undertaken by that person outside the United Kingdom.

(4) Upon receipt of the items specified in paragraph (3), the competent authority shall issue that person with a driver qualification card if it is satisfied that the person has (as the case may be)—

(a) passed the initial CPC test; or

(b) completed the [F4 required training].

F5 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) The fee shall be £25.

(7) The competent authority may waive the fee specified in paragraph (6) in whole or in part if it thinks fit.

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(b) the competent authority shall take account of periodic training undertaken outside the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 8A, 8B inserted (1.9.2008) by The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1965), regs. 1(1), 12

F2 Reg. 8A(2)-(2B) substituted for reg. 8A(2) (22.7.2020) by The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/662), regs. 1, 2(8)(a)

F3 Words in reg. 8A(3)(c) substituted (22.7.2020) by The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/662), regs. 1, 2(8)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 8A(4)(b) substituted (22.7.2020) by The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/662), regs. 1, 2(8)(c)

F5 Reg. 8A(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1004), regs. 1, 9; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)