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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-3/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-3/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/23",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An individual shall be regarded as professionally competent if, and only if—\n(a) he has demonstrated that he possesses the requisite skills by passing a written examination organised by an approved body and is the holder of a certificate to that effect issued by that body; or\n(b) he is the holder of any other certificate of competence, diploma or other qualification recognised for the purposes of this sub-paragraph by the Secretary of State.\n(1A) The approved body may exempt an individual from certain parts of the examination mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) if the individual is the holder of a certificate of competence, diploma or other qualification which covers those parts and which is recognised for the purposes of this sub-paragraph by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The written examination mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) may be supplemented by an oral examination organised by the approved body in the form set out in Annex I to the 2009 Regulation.\n(2A) The certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) must take the form of the certificate set out in Annex 3 to that Regulation and must have security features in compliance with Annex 2 to that Regulation.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (1)—\n“approved body” means—\n(a)a body approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that sub-paragraph; or\n(b)a body approved by the department in Northern Ireland that, by order made under the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, is responsible for exercising the functions of a department under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 ; and\n(c)...\n“the requisite skills” means knowledge corresponding to the level of training, for either national or international transport operations as the case may be, provided for in Annex I to that Regulation in the subjects there listed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 13(1A) inserted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(5)(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 13(2)(2A) substituted (1.10.1999) for para. 13(2) by S.I. 1999/2430, reg. 4(1) (with saving in reg. 5(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(2) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(5)(b) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(2A) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(5)(c) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 13(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(3) substituted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 54(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 13(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Definition in Sch. 3 para. 13(3) substituted (1.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2430, reg. 4(2)(b)(with savings in reg. 5(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 13(3) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(5)(d)(ii) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 13 modified (1.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2430, reg. 5(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/44",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:04.608535+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."
}