SCHEDULE 3 U.K.Amendments for the purpose of, and in connection with, implementing the EEA EFTA free trade agreement

PART 7 U.K.Amendments in relation to professions in transport

Amendments to the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010 U.K.

96.—(1) The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 8 (conditions for obtaining a licence)—

(a) for paragraph (5), substitute—

“(5) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(f) the required general professional competence examination means:

(a) an examination that covers the objectives and requirements set out in Schedule 3; or

(b) an aptitude test pursuant to Part 2 of the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023, where there is a significant difference between the applicant’s professional knowledge and the objectives and requirements set out in Schedule 3.”;

(b) after paragraph (5), insert—

“(6) For the purposes of this regulation an aptitude test means a test, limited to the professional knowledge of a train driver specified by the ORR with the aim of ensuring that the applicant’s knowledge covers the objectives and requirements set out in Schedule 3.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 96 in force at 1.12.2023, see reg. 1

(1)

S.I. 2010/724. There are amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.