{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/2024",
  "legislation_title": "The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-drivers-certificates-of-professional-competence-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(1) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) omit the definition of “the Driving Licences Directive”;\n(b) after the definition of “periodic training course” insert—\n““prison service”—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales means—\n(i) Her Majesty’s Prison Service; or\n(ii) any person acting under a contract for the running of a contracted out prison within the meaning of section 84 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991;\n(b) in relation to Northern Ireland means the Northern Ireland Prison Service; and\n(c) in relation to Scotland means—\n(i) the Scottish Prison Service; or\n(ii) any person acting under a contract for the running of a contracted out prison within the meaning of section 106 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;”; and\n(c) for the definition of “relevant vehicle” substitute—\n““relevant vehicle” means a vehicle for which is required a driving licence of category C, C+E, D or D+E as defined—\n(a) in relation to Great Britain, in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Driving Licences Regulations; and\n(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;\nor a driving licence recognised as equivalent;.”.\n(2) For sub-paragraph (2)(b) substitute—\n“(b) save for the purposes of regulation 5A(2A), a reference to a category of relevant vehicle includes references to its sub-categories as defined—\n(i) in relation to Great Britain, in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Driving Licences Regulations; and\n(ii) in relation to Northern Ireland, in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c.53; section 84 was substituted by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), section 96."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c. 33; section 106(1), (3) and (4) were amended by S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 115(1) and (3); section 106(3)(b) was amended by the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11), the Schedule, paragraph 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "“Driving Licences Regulations” is defined in regulation 2(1) of the principle instrument amended by these Regulations to mean the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864). Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/977, 2014/613."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.R. (NI) 1996 No 542, amended by S.R. (NI) 2012 No 170, S.R. (NI) 2013 No 298."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/2024/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:29:14.191501+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."
}