UK Statutory Instrument SI 2007 United Kingdom

Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007

These Regulations implement Council Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers. In brief, the Directive requires such drivers to take an initial practical …

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Enforced by
DVSA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 4 of 16 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 1 carries different penalties and 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person13

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

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s.004 Persons who must take initial CPC test (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Ensure drivers hold a valid Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)Any Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.005 Further requirements at tests: initial CPC test Regulated
  • Provide identification and a suitable vehicle for the initial CPC testAny Person
s.005 Examiner’s right to refuse to conduct test Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DVSA examiners must refuse to conduct tests in certain circumstancesStatutory regulator
s.006 Persons providing training courses (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Register and pay fees to provide CPC driver trainingAny Person
s.007 Requirements of national periodic training courses Regulated
  • Ensure national periodic training courses meet statutory standardsAny Person
s.007 Eligibility for, and requirements of, national return to driving courses Regulated
  • Ensure eligibility and compliance for national return to driving coursesAny Person
s.007 Record to be kept by competent authority of periodic training courses, national periodic training courses and national return to driving courses (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Notify the DVSA and pay fees for completed driver training coursesAny Person
s.008 Issue of driver qualification card Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DVSA must issue Driver Qualification Cards to eligible driversStatutory regulator
s.008 Application for driver qualification card Regulated
  • Apply for a Driver Qualification Card (CPC)Any Person
s.008 Exchange of a driver qualification card issued outside the United Kingdom or of a Swiss CPC Regulated
  • Exchange a foreign or Swiss Driver Qualification Card for a UK cardAny Person
s.008 Issue of national driver qualification card Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • DVSA must issue a Driver Qualification Card upon completion of trainingStatutory regulator
s.008 Application for national driver qualification card Regulated
  • Apply for a national driver qualification card (CPC)Any Person
s.008 Damaged, lost or stolen documents Prosecution
  • Fail to report or return a lost/damaged driver qualification cardAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.011 Requirement to carry and produce evidence of CPC or of training exemption in vehicle (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Fail to carry or produce CPC evidence while drivingAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.012 Document errors (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Fail to surrender or replace CPC card when requiredAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.013 Forgery and false statements (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Forge or falsify driver qualification documentsAny Person
12 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and extent (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Persons to whom these Regulations apply (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Initial CPC test (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Definition of “relevant day” in regulations 8A, 8AA and 8AC to 9 (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Requirement to hold, validity and time limits of CPC, national periodic CPC or Swiss CPC (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Offence of driving without a CPC (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Power to seize document in respect of which offences may have been committed (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Amendment of the Driving Licences Regulations (opens in a new tab)
s.appeals in relation to great britain Appeals in relation to Great Britain
s.review Review
s.review and appeal of decisions in relation to nort Review and appeal of decisions in relation to Northern Ireland

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