# The Goods Vehicles (Qualifications of Operators) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Paragraph 2: Department may exempt individual from professional competence requirement


The Department may exempt an individual until the end of 20th May 2025 from the requirement under section 12A(3)(a)(i) of the 2010 Act or regulation 13A(1)(c) to be professionally competent if the Department is satisfied that the individual had, for ten years or more ending with 20th August 2020, continuously managed national or international transport operations as, for or on behalf of an undertaking that used only light goods vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/257/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-qualifications-of-operators-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule/paragraph-2
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