Citation, commencement and extent

regulation 1 + 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 24th July 2025.

(2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.

Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2023

regulation 2 + 2.  The Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2023(2) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

Amendment of regulation 3 (prescribed training provided in England and Wales)

regulation 3 + 3.  In regulation 3—

regulation 3 a + (a)in the heading, for “in England and Wales” substitute “by a provider licensed by the College of Policing”;

regulation 3 b + (b)in paragraph (b), for the words from “Police Sector Standards” to the end substitute “College of Policing Standard for Instructors or the College of Policing Standard for Trainers”.

Amendment of regulation 4 (required refresher training frequency for training provided in England and Wales)

regulation 4 + 4.  In the heading to regulation 4, for “in England and Wales” substitute “by a provider licensed by the College of Policing”.

Amendment of regulation 5 (prescribed training provided in Scotland)

regulation 5 + 5.  In the heading to regulation 5, for the word “in” substitute “by Police”.

Amendment of regulation 6 (required refresher training frequency for training provided in Scotland)

regulation 6 + 6.  In the heading to regulation 6, for the word “in” substitute “by Police”.

Amendment of the Schedule

regulation 7 + 7.  In the Schedule—

regulation 7 a + (a)In Table 1—

regulation 7 a i + (i)in the first column, for “Standard response driving” substitute “Response driving”;

regulation 7 a ii + (ii)in the heading of the third column, for “students ratio” substitute “learners”;

regulation 7 a iii + (iii)in the fourth column, for “Two years”, in each place those words occur, substitute “Three years”;

regulation 7 a iv + (iv)in the entry “Tactical phase pursuit (TPaC)”, in the second column, for “Five days” substitute “One week”;

regulation 7 a v + (v)in the entry “VIP protection motorcycle escorts”, in the second column, for “Five days” substitute “One week”;

regulation 7 a vi + (vi)in the entry “Escorting vehicles (abnormal loads etc)”—

regulation 7 a vi aa + (aa)in the third column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six”;

regulation 7 a vi bb + (bb)in the fourth column, for “Unlimited validity” substitute “Five years”;

regulation 7 a vii + (vii)in the entry “Category B vans & passenger vehicles”—

regulation 7 a vii aa + (aa)in the second column, for “Four hours” substitute “One day”;

regulation 7 a vii bb + (bb)in the third column, for “One to two” substitute “One to three”;

regulation 7 a viii + (viii)in the entry “VIP protection driving”, in the third column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six”;

regulation 7 a ix + (ix)omit the entry “Off-road motorcycling”;

regulation 7 a x + (x)omit the entry “Off-road driving”;

regulation 7 a xi + (xi)omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”.

regulation 7 b + (b)In Table 2—

regulation 7 b i + (i)in the first column, for “Standard response driving” substitute “Response driving”;

regulation 7 b ii + (ii)in the second column, for “two years”, in each place those words occur, substitute “three years”;

regulation 7 b iii + (iii)in the heading of the fourth column, for “students ratio” substitute “learners”;

regulation 7 b iv + (iv)after the entry “VIP protection motorcycle escorts” insert—

regulation 7 b v + (v)in the entry “VIP protection driving”, in the fourth column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six”;

regulation 7 b vi + (vi)omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/185) (‘the 2023 Regulations’).

Regulations 3 and 4 amend the headings of Regulations 3 and 4 of the 2023 Regulations to clarify that prescribed training may be provided in England, Wales and Scotland by a provider licensed by the College of Policing provided the requirements of Regulation 3 of the 2023 Regulations are met. Regulation 3 also amends the sector training standards reference in Regulation 3 of the 2023 Regulations as they have been renamed.

Regulations 5 and 6 amend the headings of Regulations 5 and 6 of the 2023 Regulations to clarify that prescribed training may be provided in England, Wales and Scotland by Police Scotland provided the requirements of Regulation 5 of the 2023 Regulations are met.

Regulation 7 amends Table 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the 2023 Regulations to make various clarificatory changes to the headings of the Tables, including minor updates to various aspects of the courses and omits some courses.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.