A driver may only be issued with a vocational training certificate in accordance with paragraph (1) of regulation 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 199619 where a fee of the sum specified in Schedule 11 has been paid to the Secretary of State.

The validity of a vocational training certificate may only be extended in accordance with paragraph (6) of regulation 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 where, within the period of 12 months which precede the expiry of the original certificate or any extension of it granted in accordance with that paragraph, a fee of the sum specified in Schedule 11 has been paid to the Secretary of State.

Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as making a fee payable by a person in any of the capacities specified in section 43(4) of the 1974 Act.