The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Preliminary

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

3. PART 2 Amendment of the Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007

   1. 2. Amendment of the Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007

   2. 3. Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)

   3. 4. Amendment to regulation 3 (persons to whom these Regulations apply)

   4. 5. Amendment to regulation 4 (persons who must take initial CPC test)

   5. 6. Amendment to regulation 5A (further requirements at tests: initial CPC test)

   6. 7. Substitution of regulation 6 (persons providing training courses)

   7. 8. Substitution of regulation 6A (appeals in relation to Great Britain)

   8. 9. Substitution of regulation 6B (review and appeal of decisions in relation to Northern Ireland)

   9. 10. Substitution of regulation 7 (record of periodic training by competent authority)

   10. 11. New regulations 7A (requirements of national periodic training courses) and 7B (eligibility for, and requirements of, national return to driving courses)

   11. 12. Substitution of regulations 8 (driver qualification card) and 8A with new regulations 8 (definition of “relevant day”), 8A (issue of driver qualification card), 8AA (application for driver qualification card), 8AB (exchange of a driver qualification card issued outside the United Kingdom or of a Swiss CPC), 8AC (issue of national driver qualification card) and 8AD (application for national driver qualification card)

   12. 13. Substitution of regulation 8B (damaged, lost or stolen documents)

   13. 14. Substitution of regulation 9 (time limits for obtaining a CPC)

   14. 15. Amendment of regulation 10 (offence of driving without a CPC)

   15. 16. Amendment of regulation 11 (requirement to carry and produce evidence of CPC or of training exemption in vehicle)

   16. 17. Substitution of regulation 12 (document errors)

   17. 18. Substitution of regulation 13 (forgery and false statements)

   18. 19. Substitution of regulation 14A (review)

4. PART 3 Consequential amendments

   1. 20. Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995

   2. 21. Amendment of the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) Order 2009

   3. 22. Amendment of the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009

   4. 23. Amendment of the Road Traffic (Financial Penalty Deposit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

   5. 24. Amendment of the Road Traffic (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

   6. 25. Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemption) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

5. PART 4 Miscellaneous

   1. 26. Transitional provision

6. Signature

7. Explanatory Note