The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made: 25th February 2008

Laid before Parliament: 27th February 2008

Coming into force: 1st April 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973 .

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st April 2008.

Amendment of the 2007 Regulations

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• (1) Regulation 6 (persons providing periodic training courses) of the Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007 is amended as follows.

• (2) In paragraph (1), for subparagraph (b) substitute—

(b) for each course which he proposes to provide, a sum equal to £36 multiplied by the proposed duration of the course in hours and for this purpose part of an hour shall be treated as one hour.

• (3) After paragraph (1), add—

(1A) The competent authority may waive the fee in paragraph (1) or (8) in whole or part if it thinks fit.

• (4) In paragraph (8), for “a fee of £250” substitute “ the fee prescribed in paragraph (1)(b) ”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Rosie Winterton — Minister of State — 19th February 2008

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Alan Campbell — Dave Watts — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 25th February 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 51.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2007/605.

Editorial notes

[^c19129581]: 1973 c. 51.

[^c19129591]: S.I. 2007/605.