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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/train-driving-licences-and-certificates-regulations-2010/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/train-driving-licences-and-certificates-regulations-2010/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/724",
  "legislation_title": "The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/train-driving-licences-and-certificates-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Cessation of employment",
  "text": "(1) A railway undertaking or infrastructure manager must give written notice to the ORR when a person ceases to be employed by them as a train driver.\n(2) Where a person is so employed as an independent contractor or volunteer, if they do not drive a train for the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager for a period of twelve months, their employment will be deemed to have ceased upon the expiry of that period if it has not otherwise been terminated.\n(3) When a person ceases to be employed by a railway undertaking or infrastructure manager as a train driver, a train driving certificate issued by them in relation to that person ceases to be valid.\n(4) If a train driving certificate becomes invalid by virtue of paragraph (3), the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager that issued it must provide the train driver with—\n(a) a certified copy of it endorsed to indicate when it ceased to be valid; and\n(b) a copy of all documents providing evidence of the driver's training, qualifications, experience and professional competence relevant to train driving undergone, obtained or achieved by the driver whilst employed as a train driver by that body.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/724/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:48:26.650773+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."
}