S.L. 65.18 Art. 29Qualifying for a certificate of professional competence certifying an initial qualification.

(1) Drivers shall only qualify for the certificate of professional competence certifying an initial qualification following the undertaking of theoretical and practical tests held by the Authority or by a body so designated by the Authority, in accordance with subsection 2.2 of Section 2 of the Thirteenth

Schedule.

(2) Upon the successful completion of the said tests, drivers taking the qualification tests as provided for in sub-regulation (1) shall be issued with a certificate of professional competence certifying an initial qualification.

(3) The said certificate of professional competence certifying an initial qualification shall be issued by the Authority or by the body designated by it and shall be valid for five years.

(4) Drivers undertaking carriage of passengers who hold a certificate of professional competence, certifying an initial qualification, for one of the categories provided for in regulation 27(1) shall be exempt from obtaining such a certificate for any other of the categories of vehicles referred to in that sub-regulation.

(5) Drivers undertaking carriage of goods who hold a certificate of professional competence, certifying an initial qualification, for one of the categories provided for in regulation 27(2) shall be exempt from obtaining such a certificate for any other of the categories of vehicles referred to in that sub-regulation.

(6) Drivers undertaking the carriage of goods who broaden or modify their activities in order to carry passengers, and drivers undertaking the carriage of passengers who broaden or modify their activities in order to carry goods, and who hold a certificate of professional competence, shall not be required to repeat the common parts of the initial qualification, but rather only the parts specific to the new qualification.