The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3Application and extent

PART 2LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION OF TRAIN DRIVERS

4Requirement for licences and certificates

5Licence and certificate characteristics

6Ownership of train driving licence

7Ownership of the train driving certificate

PART 3CONDITIONS FOR OBTAINING LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES

8Conditions for obtaining a train driving licence

9Conditions for obtaining a train driving certificate

PART 4PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES

10Procedure for obtaining a train driving licence

11Procedure for obtaining a train driving certificate

PART 5VALIDITY OF LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES

12Validity and renewal of train driving licences

13Periodic checks to maintain validity of licence

14Validity of certificate

15Periodic checks to maintain validity of certificate

16Cessation of employment

PART 6DECISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

18Review of decisions of the Department

19Review process

PART 7DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT

20Delegation of functions by the Department

PART 8REGISTERS AND INFORMATION

21Registers of recognised persons

22Registers of train driving licences

23Registers of train driving certificates

24Information for the register of train driving licences

25Information relating to the status of train driving licences

26Information relating to train driving certificates etc.

27Information in relation to international train services

PART 9TRAINING AND EXAMINATION

28Training content

30Cost of training

PART 10REVIEWING STANDARDS

32Quality standards

33Independent assessment

PART 11SUSPENSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES

34Suspension or withdrawal of train driving licences issued by the Department

35Suspension or withdrawal of other train driving licences and driver prohibition

36Suspension or withdrawal of train driving certificates and driver prohibition

37Serious threat to the safety of the railway

38Appeal to the Commission

PART 12ENFORCEMENT

39Anti-fraud measures

PART 13TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

41Transitional provisions

SCHEDULE 1MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex II to the Directive)

1GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2MINIMUM CONTENT OF THE EXAMINATION BEFORE APPOINTMENT

3PERIODIC EXAMINATIONS AFTER APPOINTMENT

SCHEDULE 2COMMUNITY MODEL TRAIN DRIVING LICENCE AND HARMONISED COMPLEMENTARY TRAIN DRIVING CERTIFICATE

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex I to the Directive)

1CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LICENCE

2CONTENTS OF THE LICENCE

4MINIMUM DATA CONTAINED IN REGISTERS OF TRAIN DRIVING LICENCES AND TRAIN DRIVING CERTIFICATES

SCHEDULE 3GENERAL PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE LICENCE

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex IV to the Directive)

SCHEDULE 4PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE TRAIN DRIVING CERTIFICATE

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex VI to the Directive)

1TESTING THE BRAKES

2TYPE OF OPERATION AND MAXIMUM TRAIN SPEED ACCORDING TO THE LINE CHARACTERISTICS

3KNOWLEDGE OF THE LINE

4SAFETY REGULATION

5DRIVING THE TRAIN

7OPERATING INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS, FIRES AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PERSONS

8LANGUAGE TESTS

SCHEDULE 5PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF ROLLING STOCK AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE TRAIN DRIVING CERTIFICATE

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex V to the Directive)

1TESTS AND CHECKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE

2KNOWLEDGE OF ROLLING STOCK

3TESTING THE BRAKES

4OPERATING MODE AND MAXIMUM SPEED OF THE TRAIN IN RELATION TO THE LINE CHARACTERISTICS

5DRIVING THE TRAIN IN A WAY WHICH DOES NOT DAMAGE INSTALLATIONS OR VEHICLES

7OPERATING INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS, FIRES AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PERSONS

8CONDITIONS FOR CONTINUING RUNNING AFTER AN INCIDENT INVOLVING ROLLING STOCK

9IMMOBILISATION OF THE TRAIN

SCHEDULE 6FREQUENCY OF EXAMINATIONS

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex VII to the Directive)

SCHEDULE 7TRAINING METHOD

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex III to the Directive)

SCHEDULE 8Regulation 40

This Statutory Rule has been made in substituion of the SR of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule.

2010 No. 132

TRANSPORT

The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made30th March 2010

Coming into operation10th May 2010

The Department for Regional Development1 being a Department designated2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 in relation to measures relating to railways and railway transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section makes the following Regulations: