Regulation 41

Regulation 63 (Evidence of successful completion of training courses) shall be amended as follows.

In paragraph (1), for “a certified direct access instructor”, there shall be substituted “the certified direct access instructor who conducted element (E) of the course”.

For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—

“(2)

A certificate issued under paragraph (1) may not be submitted, in support of an application for a licence, as evidence of the successful completion of that course after the earlier of—

(a)

the relevant expiry date, and

(b)

in a case where the person to whom the certificate was given is later disqualified by order of a court under section 36 of the Offenders Act, the date on which the order is made.

(2A)

In this regulation, “relevant expiry date” means—

(a)

in the case of a course completed on or before 30th June 1996, 30th June 1999,

(b)

in the case of a course completed after 30th June 1996, the last day of the period of 3 years commencing with the date of the certificate.”.