SCHEDULE 4 N.I. PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE TRAIN DRIVING CERTIFICATE

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex VI to the Directive) N.I.

[F1 LANGUAGE TESTS N.I.

8.   The language requirements are as follows—

(1) Drivers who have to communicate with the infrastructure manager on critical safety issues must have language skills in the language indicated by the infrastructure manager concerned. Their language skills must be such that they can communicate actively and effectively in routine, adverse and emergency situations.

(2) They must be able to use the messages and communication method specified in the Annex to Commission Decision 2012/757/EU concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the “operation and traffic management” subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and amending decision 2007/757/EC.

(3) Drivers must be able to understand (both listening and reading) and to communicate (both speaking and writing) according to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) established by the Council of Europe.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 8 substituted (21.3.2016) by The Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/73), regs. 1(1), 2(6) (with reg. 3)