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The majority of LJN readers are likely to be unaffected by this, as they will be deemed to be operating under one of the following exemptions:
2.5 Who is exempt from Driver CPC?
There are exceptions from the Driver CPC qualification for drivers of
vehicles:
(i) used for non-commercial carriage of passengers or goods, for
personal use;
(ii) undergoing road tests for technical development, repair or
maintenance purposes, or of new or rebuilt vehicles which have
not yet been put into service;
(iii) used in the course of driving lessons for the purpose of enabling
that person to obtain a driving licence or a Driver CPC;
(iv) carrying material or equipment to be used by that person in the
course of his or her work, provided that driving that vehicle does
not constitute the driver’s principal activity;*
(v) with a maximum authorised speed not exceeding 45 km/h;
(vi) used by, or under the control of, the armed forces, civil defence,
the fire service and forces responsible for maintaining public
order;
(vii) used in states of emergency or assigned to rescue missions
*An example of a driver under exemption (iv) (also known as 'incidental
driver') would be a brick layer who drives a load of bricks from the
builder's yard to the building site and then spends their working day
laying bricks. In this case, driving a lorry is incidental to their main
occupation.
Drivers can move in and out of an exemption, depending on the
circumstances in which they are driving. For example, a bus mechanic
would be exempt while driving a bus to check that it had been repaired,
but would need to hold a Driver CPC if they also drove a bus on a
passenger carrying service.
However if your FULL TIME paid occupation is driving a lorry delivering turf or slabs, then yes you will need your CPC.
If you tow a trailer with green waste or mowers on - you are NOT affected.
For those in the know, would transporting a customers equipment for repair back to our premises constitute a CPC.
We are being paid for the service, we are over 3.5T with a Landrover & Trailer and would be running on tacho, but our main job isn't a delivery service we are equipment sales and mechanics.
Just need to collect the equipment to work on it.
Thoughts anyone or maybe you could find out Robbie if you are with an instructor at some point.
I have assumed up until now that we were exempt.
Hi
I'm working as a casually for my local council and they decided to put me some of it as I may have to drive for them in the future.
After reading through Adam's post I have since read through other forum posts on the subject - VOSA
I think in Northern Ireland our rules are slightly different, more here
After reading the gov.uk website I think that Adam may be correct, with a little more here
If you drive for someone else the water becomes a little muddy as to if you need the qualification or not...