{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-36/annex-II/division-1/division-1.3/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-36/annex-II/division-1/division-1.3/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/36",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2010 of 3 December 2009 on Community models for train driving licences, complementary certificates, certified copies of complementary certificates and application forms for train driving licences, under Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-36",
  "path": "annex/II/division/1/division/1.3/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Category B",
  "text": "RUs/IMs may use ‘B’ as a global category, encompassing carriages of passengers and goods.\nAlternatively, RUs/IMs may limit the scope of the certificate to one or more of the following types:\nB1when limited to carriage of passengers;\nB2when limited to carriage of goods.\nThe category in which the holder is authorised to drive shall be indicated by filling in the appropriate box if a global category is chosen or boxes, if one or more subcategories are chosen. The boxes that are not necessary shall be made void.\nExamples:\nA\n=\nglobal category A. No subcategory used\nA\n=\nCategory A, subcategory 1\n(authorisation to drive only shunting locomotives)\nA\n=\nCategory A, subcategories 2 and 3\n(authorisation to drive work-trains and maintenance vehicles)\nA\n=\nCategory A, subcategory 5\n(authorisation related to service or rolling stock not corresponding to subcategories from A1 to A4. To be specified in the box ‘notes’)\nB\n=\nglobal category B, no subcategory used\nB\n=\nCategory B, subcategory 2\n(authorisation to drive freight trains)\nRailway Undertakings and Infrastructure Managers shall ensure that the choice of subcategory does not influence the requirements set out in Schedules 4 and 5 to the Regulations or Schedules 4 and 5 to the NI Regulations, as the case may be.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 s. 1.3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/677), regs. 1(2), 4(10)(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/36/annex/II/division/1/division/1.3/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:59.168915+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}