Driver Qualification Card

11.  In regulation 8 (driver qualification card)—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) The competent authority shall issue a driver qualification card to a person to whom this regulation applies if—

(a) it is satisfied that that person has passed the initial CPC test in accordance with regulation 5(1); or

(b) (i) it is satisfied that that person has completed 35 hours of periodic training entitling him to a periodic CPC; and

(ii) the completion of that training has been notified to a competent authority under regulation 7(1).”.

(b) omit paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7),

(c) in paragraph (4) for the words from “who” to “paragraph (3)” substitute “to whom a driver qualification card is issued under paragraph (1), that card”, and

(d) at the end add—

“(8) This regulation applies to a person who—

(a) (i) is a national of a member State and normally resident in the United Kingdom;

(ii) is a national of a member State and works in the United Kingdom; or

(iii) is a national of a third country and authorised to work in the United Kingdom; and

(b) holds a driving licence in the form of a photocard.”.