Explanatory note

These Regulations amend The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007 (“the principal regulations”). The principal regulations implemented Council Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers (OJ No. L 226, 10.9.2003, p.4).

Regulation 2(2) alters the charging basis for the fee for application for approval for a periodic training course. Under regulation 6 of the principal regulations a fee of £250 is payable for each course. Under regulation 2(2) that fee is changed to a fee of £36 per hour or part hour of each course being approved. Regulation 6 of the principal regulations also provides for a fee of £1500 to be payable for approval as a course provider. Regulation 2(3) further amends regulation 6 to provide a power for this fee and the fee payable for individual courses to be waived in whole or in part.

A copy of the impact assessment prepared in respect of these Regulations is available from the Driving Standards Agency, Policy Branch, Stanley House, 56 Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5 EJ or at www.dsa.gov.uk. It can also be accessed on the Office of Public Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk.