'No change' for Driver CPC post BREXIT

The training accreditation firm says: "We have already received calls asking what impact the “leave” vote will have on Driver CPC.

"It will have no impact. Nothing has changed. The referendum made is a representation of public opinion. Article 50 (which starts the process of us leaving the EU) has not yet been invoked and current indications are that this will be delayed until a new Conservative Party leader has been put in place.

Once Article 50 is invoked there will be a period of at least 2 years where there will be no change, while we negotiate the terms of the exit and any future trade relationships."

This means that Driver CPC will not change in any way until at least late 2018 (just 9 months from the deadline of the next 5 year cycle).

Backhouse Jones, specialists in legal matters for the transport law sector, added: "Driver CPC obligations are also unlikely to change, this is because, although the regulations were created by the EU, the UK is a signatory of the European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) which contains driver CPC obligations. The UK is expected to remain a signatory of AETR as a condition of ongoing trade with the EU. This will be in line with a number of other non EU countries.”

Therefore even after we formally leave the EU in 2-2½ years time Driver CPC seems highly unlikely to be “scrapped” given we still wish to trade with EU countries, concludes RTITB.