S.L. 65.18 Art. 26ATests to be carried out by examiners appointed by the Authority.

(1) The tests of skills and behaviour shall be carried out by persons appointed by the Authority.

(2) No person may be appointed to carry out driving tests unless that person meets the minimum standards of competence set out in Annex IV of the Directive.

(3) The Authority shall not appoint a person to act -

(a) as a category B driving examiner unless that person -

(i) has held a category B driving licence for at least three years,

(ii) is at least 23 years old,

(iii) has successfully completed an initial training programme approved by the Authority and demonstrates, by means of a test organised by the Authority, that he meets the minimum standards of competence in terms of sub-regulation (2) and subsequently follows the quality assurance and the periodic training arrangements as provided for in Annex IV of the Directive,

(iv) has completed a vocational education that leads at least to a completion of level 3 defined by Council Decision 85/368/EEC on the comparability of vocational training qualifications between the Member States of the European Community, and

(v) when such person is acting simultaneously as a commercial driving instructor in a driving school;

(b) as a driving examiner for the other categories unless that person -

(i) holds a driving licence in the category concerned or possesses equivalent knowledge through adequate professional qualification,

(ii) has been a qualified category B driving examiner for at least three years or has at least five years’ experience of driving in the category concerned or can provide evidence of a theoretical and practical assessment of driving ability of a standard higher than that needed to obtain a driving licence, and

(iii) meets the provisions of paragraph (a)(iii), (iv) and (v): Provided that the Authority may authorise an examiner to conduct driving tests for -

(a) categories A1, A2 and A upon passing the initial qualification in terms of the provisions of paragraph (a)(iii) for one of those categories,

(b) categories C1, C, D1 and D upon passing the initial qualification in terms of the provisions of paragraph (a)(iii) for one of those categories, and

(c) categories BE, C1E, CE, D1E and DE upon passing the initial qualification in terms of the provisions of paragraph (a)(iii) for one of those categories.

(4) Persons who have already been authorised to conduct driving tests before the provision of sub-regulation (3) comes into force, shall continue to be authorised to conduct driving tests provided they undertake the periodic training as provided for in sub-regulation (3).