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

Substitution of regulation 14A (review)

19.—(1) For regulation 14A substitute—

“Review

14A.— (1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations, and

(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) A report under paragraph (1) must be published before 16th May 2029.

(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

(4) In carrying out a review under this regulation the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the obligations included in Section 1 (certificate of professional competence) of Part B of Annex 31 and Appendices 31-B-1-1 (minimum qualification and training requirements) and 31-B-1-2 (model of a driver qualification card referred to in Article 9 of Section 1 of Part B) to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement are implemented by the other party to such agreement.

(5) A report published under this regulation must—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and

(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way that involves less onerous regulatory provision.

(6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015(1).”.

(1)

2015 c. 26. Section 30(3) was amended by section 19 of the Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12) and paragraph 36 of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal Act) 2018 (c. 16).