The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996

Instruction and training for drivers

3.—(1) The operator of any motor vehicle (other than a motor vehicle registered outside the United Kingdom) which is engaged in the carriage of dangerous goods shall ensure that the driver of the vehicle has received—

(a) adequate instruction and training to enable him to understand—

(i) the nature of the dangers to which the particular dangerous goods being carried may give rise and the action to be taken in an emergency concerning them, and

(ii) his duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;

(b) (in respect of any carriage to which these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 2(1)(a)) adequate instruction and training to enable him to understand his duties under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996;

(c) (in respect of any carriage to which these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 2(1)(b)) adequate instruction and training to enable him to understand his duties under the Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996; and

(d) (in respect of any carriage to which these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 2(1)(c)) adequate instruction and training to enable him to understand his duties under the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996.

(2) Each operator shall keep a record of any training provided by him in accordance with paragraph (1) to the driver of a vehicle, where that driver is employed by him, and shall make available a copy of that record to the driver concerned.