Member

I will briefly summarise the content of the regulations and what the changes will mean in practice. The regulations lower the minimum age at which an individual may be issued a train driving licence from 20 to 18, provided they meet the same rigorous licensing conditions. The change in law is scheduled to come into force on 30 June 2026 and will apply across Great Britain, meaning that prospective applicants will be able to apply for train-driving positions from that date onwards. These draft regulations also make a small number of unrelated technical corrections to the 2010 regulations to remove redundant cross-references to provisions made by EU exit legislation that is no longer operable, ensuring that the regulations as a whole remain up to date and legally clear.