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The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
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Substitution of regulation 12 (document errors)
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17. For regulation 12 substitute—
“Document errors
12.—(1) This regulation applies where it appears to the competent authority that—
(a)an NVT certificate,
(b)a driver qualification card issued by it under regulation 8A, 8AA or 8AB, or
(c)a national driver qualification card issued by it under regulation 8AC or 8AD,
was granted in error, or with an error or omission in the particulars specified in it.
(2) The competent authority may serve a notice in writing on the person in receipt of a certificate or card to which paragraph (1) applies revoking the NVT certificate, driver qualification card or national driver qualification card, as the case may be, and requiring the person to surrender it to that authority without delay.
(3) A person upon whom a notice is served under paragraph (2) must comply with that notice.
(4) On surrender of a driver qualification card or a national driver qualification card under paragraph (3), the competent authority may issue a new card to that person free of charge subject to paragraph (5).
(5) Where it appears to the competent authority that the driver qualification card or national driver qualification card surrendered to it under paragraph (3) was issued in consequence of an error, omission or other act attributable to the fault of the holder of that card, it may issue a new card upon payment of a fee of £25.
(6) Where the name of the holder of the driver qualification card or national driver qualification card, as the case may be, as specified on that card ceases to be correct, its holder must as soon as reasonably practicable surrender that card to the competent authority.
(7) On surrender of a driver qualification card or a national driver qualification card under paragraph (6), and payment to the competent authority of a fee of £25, the competent authority must issue a new card to that person.
(8) The competent authority may require a person to provide evidence of that person’s name, place and date of birth before issuing a new driver qualification card or national driver qualification card to that person under paragraph (4), (5) or (7).
(9) A person who fails to comply with the duty in paragraph (3) or (6) without reasonable excuse is guilty of an offence.
(10) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”.
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