# The Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Regulation 7: Amendment of the Schedule


In the Schedule—
(a) In Table 1—
(i) in the first column, for “Standard response driving” substitute “Response driving”;
(ii) in the heading of the third column, for “students ratio” substitute “learners”;
(iii) in the fourth column, for “Two years”, in each place those words occur, substitute “Three years”;
(iv) in the entry “Tactical phase pursuit (TPaC)”, in the second column, for “Five days” substitute “One week”;
(v) in the entry “VIP protection motorcycle escorts”, in the second column, for “Five days” substitute “One week”;
(vi) in the entry “Escorting vehicles (abnormal loads etc)”—
(aa) in the third column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six”;
(bb) in the fourth column, for “Unlimited validity” substitute “Five years”;
(vii) in the entry “Category B vans & passenger vehicles”—
(aa) in the second column, for “Four hours” substitute “One day”;
(bb) in the third column, for “One to two” substitute “One to three”;
(viii) in the entry “VIP protection driving”, in the third column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six”;
(ix) omit the entry “Off-road motorcycling”;
(x) omit the entry “Off-road driving”;
(xi) omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”.
(b) In Table 2—
(i) in the first column, for “Standard response driving” substitute “Response driving”;
(ii) in the second column, for “two years”, in each place those words occur, substitute “three years”;
(iii) in the heading of the fourth column, for “students ratio” substitute “learners”;
(iv) after the entry “VIP protection motorcycle escorts” insert—
Escorting vehicles (abnormal loads etc)
Every five years
One day
Three to six;
(v) in the entry “VIP protection driving”, in the fourth column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six”;
(vi) omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/792/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988-police-driving-prescribed-training-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-7
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