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The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007

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Persons providing periodic training courses

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6.—(1) A person who wishes to provide periodic training courses must make a written application to the competent authority and shall pay to it a fee of—

(a)£1,500, and

(b)£250 for each proposed course.

(2) Such application must be accompanied by the documents specified in Section 5.1 of Annex I to the Directive and such other documents as the competent authority may reasonably require.

(3) The competent authority may approve in writing —

(a)that person to provide periodic training courses subject to the conditions specified in Section 5.2 of Annex I to the Directive, including the last two paragraphs of that Section; and

(b)each periodic training course which that person wishes to provide.

(4) The competent authority’s approval shall be valid for —

(a)five years under paragraph (3)(a), and

(b)one year under paragraph (3)(b).

(5) If it appears to the competent authority that any of the conditions of the approval of a person are not being complied with, the competent authority may send notice to that person that it is minded to withdraw or suspend its approval under paragraph (3)(a).

(6) Upon receiving a notice under paragraph (5), that person may make representations to the competent authority within 28 days.

(7) The competent authority shall take those representations into account and send notice to the person informing him whether or not its approval is withdrawn or suspended.

(8) A person approved under paragraph (3)(a) who wishes to provide a training course which has not been approved by the competent authority may at any time request that authority’s approval for that course and shall pay to that authority a fee of £250.

(9) If the competent authority gives approval in response to a request under paragraph (8), that approval shall be valid for one year.

(10) A person to whom these Regulations apply may take a periodic training course approved under this regulation if that person is—

(a)a national of a member State and normally resident in the United Kingdom, or

(b)a national of a third country and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

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