The Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/185
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement, extent and revocation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 20th March 2023.

(2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.

(3) The Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2022 are revoked.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“ the 1988 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;

“ chief officer ” means—

in relation to a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 , the chief constable;

in relation to Police Scotland, the chief constable;

in relation to the metropolitan police force, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;

in relation to the City of London police force, the Commissioner of Police for the City of London;

in relation to the British Transport Police Force, Ministry of Defence Police and Civil Nuclear Constabulary, the chief constable, and

in relation to the National Crime Agency, the Director General.

Section 3 Prescribed training provided by a provider licensed by the College of Policing

A training course listed in column 1 of Table 1 in the Schedule is prescribed training for the purposes of sections 2A and 3ZA of the 1988 Act if—

(a) it is delivered by a provider licensed by the College of Policing;

(b) the instructor or trainer has met, respectively, the College of Policing Standard for Instructors or the College of Policing Standard for Trainers ;

(c) it includes consideration of and instruction on—

(i) the National Decision Model, and

(ii) the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice for Roads Policing: Police Drivers and, where relevant, Police Pursuits;

(d) it meets the relevant requirements in columns 2 and 3 of Table 1.

Section 4 Required refresher training frequency for training provided by a provider licensed by the College of Policing

At the end of the period specified in column 4 of Table 1 in the Schedule, a training course listed in column 1 of Table 1 is prescribed training for the purposes of sections 2A and 3ZA of the 1988 Act if refresher training has been undertaken in accordance with the requirements in Table 2 in the Schedule.

Section 5 Prescribed training provided by Police Scotland

A training course listed in column 1 of Table 1 in the Schedule is prescribed training for the purposes of sections 2A and 3ZA of the 1988 Act if—

(a) it is delivered by Police Scotland;

(b) the instructor or trainer has completed the relevant Scottish Police College training and the Police Scotland Training for Trainers Course;

(c) it includes consideration of and instruction on the National Decision Model;

(d) it meets the relevant requirements in columns 2 and 3 of Table 1.

Section 6 Required refresher training frequency for training provided by Police Scotland

At the end of the period specified in column 4 of Table 1 in the Schedule, a training course listed in column 1 of Table 1 is prescribed training for the purposes of sections 2A and 3ZA of the 1988 Act if refresher training has been undertaken in accordance with the requirements in Table 2 in the Schedule.

Section 7 Prescribed training completed prior to 30th November 2022

(1) Training completed by designated persons prior to 30th November 2022 is prescribed training for the purposes of sections 2A and 3ZA of the 1988 Act if—

(a) it was approved by a chief officer, and

(b) that chief officer is satisfied that it is equivalent to a type of training specified in Table 1.

(2) At the end of the relevant period, training described in paragraph (1) is prescribed training for the purposes of sections 2A and 3ZA of the 1988 Act if refresher training for the type of training that it is equivalent to has been undertaken in accordance with the requirements in Table 2 in the Schedule.

(3) The relevant period in paragraph (2) is the period specified in column 4 of Table 1 for the type of training that it is equivalent to, beginning with 30th November 2022.