Issue of safety adviser vocational training certificates by the Northern Ireland competent authority
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(1) The Northern Ireland competent authority or a person appointed by him may issue a certificate as provided for in sub-section 1.8.3.7 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.
(2) The Northern Ireland competent authority or a person appointed by him may only issue a certificate to a person by reference to sub-section 1.8.3.7 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail (“safety adviser vocational training certificate”) where that person has–
(a)completed training which complies with sub-section 1.8.3.9 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail;
(b)passed an examination, which has been approved by the Northern Ireland competent authority; and
(c)paid the appropriate fee in accordance with Schedule 2.
(3) The examination referred to in paragraph (2)(b) shall–
(a)be organised by the Northern Ireland competent authority or by a person appointed by him in accordance with sub-section 1.8.3.10 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail; and
(b)comply with sub-sections 1.8.3.11 and 1.8.3.12 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.
(4) The training and examination may be limited to one or more–
(a)modes of transport;
(b)of those dangerous goods listed in sub-section 1.8.3.13 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail and if this is the case the safety adviser vocational training certificate shall clearly indicate that it is only valid for that mode or for the goods in question.
(5) The safety adviser vocational training certificate referred to in paragraph (2)–
(a)shall be in the form set out in sub-section 1.8.3.18 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail;
(b)shall be valid for five years from the date of issue; and
(c)may be extended as set out in sub-section 1.8.3.16 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.
(6) The Northern Ireland competent authority, or a person appointed by him under paragraph (3)(a), shall keep a list of the questions that have been included in the examination referred to in paragraph (2)(b).
(7) Any current safety adviser vocational training certificate held by a person which–
(a)was issued to him by a competent authority under national provisions giving effect to the ADR Directive, the RID Directive or to Council Directive 96/35/EC on the appointment and vocational qualification of safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterway(1); and
(b)is in the form required by paragraph (5),
shall be deemed to be a safety adviser vocational training certificate issued by the Northern Ireland competent authority under this regulation and where it indicates that it applies to only one or more of the dangerous goods referred to in paragraph (4)(b) it shall be deemed to be limited to those goods.
(8) Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as making a fee payable by a person in any of the capacities referred to in Article 40(4) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(2).
(9) Any vocational training certificate issued in accordance with regulation 7 of the Transport of Explosives by Road (Safety Advisers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(3)shall be deemed to be a safety adviser vocational training certificate issued in accordance with this regulation and shall remain valid until the date of expiry stated in the certificate subject to any extension of the validity of the certificate in accordance with regulation 7(5) of the said 2000 Regulations or paragraph (5)(c).
(10) The Northern Ireland competent authority may issue a safety adviser vocational training certificate under this regulation in relation to transport of dangerous goods by inland waterway and in so doing he shall comply with this regulation and the provisions of ADR to which it refers as if they referred to the transport of dangerous goods by inland waterway.