Citation, commencement and extent

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

2. The (Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: (Prescribed Training) Regulations 20232) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

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

3. In regulation 3—

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

(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)

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)

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)

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

Amendment of the Schedule

7. In the Schedule—

(a)In Table 1—

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

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

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

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

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

(vi)in the entry “Escorting vehicles (abnormal loads etc)”—

(aa)in the third column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six”;

(bb)in the fourth column, for “Unlimited validity” substitute “Five years”;

(vii)in the entry “Category B vans & passenger vehicles”—

(aa)in the second column, for “Four hours” substitute “One day”;

(bb)in the third column, for “One to two” substitute “One to three”;

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

(ix)omit the entry “Off-road motorcycling”;

(x)omit the entry “Off-road driving”;

(xi)omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”.

(b)In Table 2—

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

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

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

(iv)after the entry “VIP protection motorcycle escorts” insert—

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

(vi)omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”.