# Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, Paragraph 13

Extent: E+W+S

(1) An individual shall be regarded as professionally competent if, and only if—
(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
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(3) In sub-paragraph (1)—
“approved body” means—
(a)a body approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that sub-paragraph; or
(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
(c)...
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/23/schedule/3/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-3/paragraph-13
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