Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Existing training certificates

5.—(1) It shall be sufficient compliance with regulation 4(1) if the driver of the relevant vehicle holds a training certificate applicable to the dangerous goods being carried, which was issued to him by the appropriate national authority before the coming into operation of the 1992 Regulations as respects the carriage concerned, on the basis of national provisions existing at that time which the Commission of the European Communities has confirmed satisfy the corresponding requirements of the Council Directive; provided that such compliance shall cease—

(a) on 1st May 1998, insofar as the certificate concerned relates to carriage in tanks with a capacity greater than 3,000 litres;

(b) on 1st January 2000, insofar as the certificate concerned relates to carriage other than that specified in sub-paragraph (a); or

(c) at the end of the period of validity of the certificate concerned, where that date is earlier than the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).

(2) Any vocational training certificate issued in accordance with regulation 5(1) of the 1992 Regulations shall be deemed to be a vocational training certificate issued in accordance with regulation 4(1) and shall remain valid until the date of expiry stated therein, subject to any extension of the validity of the certificate in accordance with regulation 6(5) of the 1992 Regulations or regulation 4(6).