The Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2022

Regulations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7

SCHEDULE E+W+S

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. in force at 30.11.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Table 1

Course type	Required length of course	Required minimum number of trainers to maximum number of students ratio	Period training is valid for before refresher training is required
Standard response driving	Three weeks	One to three	Five years
Advanced driving	Four weeks	One to three	Five years
Initial phase pursuit (IPP)	Three days	Three to six	Five years
Tactical phase pursuit (TPaC)	Five days	Five to six	Three years
Riding with a pillion passenger	Two days	One to two	Two years
Response motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 (inclusive)	Three weeks	One to two	Three years
Response motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2023	Three weeks	One to two	Two years
Advanced motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 (inclusive)	Two weeks	One to two	Three years
Advanced motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2023	Two weeks	One to two	Two years
Evasive and offensive driving	Two days	Three to six	Two years
Protected convoy driving	Three days	Three to six	Two years
VIP protection motorcycle escorts	Five days	Two to four	Two years
Escorting vehicles (abnormal loads etc)	Three days	One to three	Unlimited validity
Off-road motorcycling	Five days	One to two	Unlimited validity
Off-road driving	Two days	One to three	Unlimited validity
Category B vans & passenger vehicles	Four hours	One to two	Unlimited validity
VIP protection driving	Three days	One to three	Two years
Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding	Five days	One to one	Two years

Table 2

Course type	Required refresher training frequency	Required refresher training length	Required refresher training minimum number of trainers to maximum number of students ratio
Standard response driving	Every five years	One day	One to two
Advanced driving	Every five years	One day	One to two
Initial phase pursuit (IPP)	Every five years	One day	Three to six
Tactical phase pursuit (TPaC)	Every three years	Two days	Five to six
Riding with a pillion passenger	Every two years	Half a day	One to two
Response motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 (inclusive)	Every three years	Two days	One to two
Response motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2023	Every two years	Two days	One to two
Advanced motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 (inclusive)	Every three years	Two days	One to two
Advanced motorcycling undertaken from 1st April 2023	Every two years	Two days	One to two
Evasive and offensive driving	Every two years	One day	Three to six
Protected convoy driving	Every two years	One day	Three to six
VIP protection motorcycle escorts	Every two years	Two days	Two to four
VIP protection driving	Every two years	One day	One to three
Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding	Every two years	Two days	One to one