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# The Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2019/677 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
2026 No. 461
RETAINED EU LAW REFORM
TRANSPORT
The Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made
27th April 2026
Coming into force
30th June 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1), (3), (4)(c) and (7) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.
The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(1) and (3) of the 2023 Act.
In accordance with paragraph 5(1) and (5) of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 30th June 2026.
(3) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.

## 2 Amendment of the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010 {#regulation-2}

(1) The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (requirement for licences and certificates)—
(a) after paragraph (3), insert—
(3A) A railway undertaking or infrastructure manager must not deploy a person under 20 years of age to drive a train in the British Channel Tunnel zone.
(3B) A person under 20 years of age must not drive a train in the British Channel Tunnel zone.
;
(b) in sub-paragraph (8)(a), omit “subject to paragraph (9),”;
(c) in paragraph (13), for “Subject to paragraph (14), in” substitute “In”.
(3) In regulation 8(2)(a) (conditions for obtaining a licence), for “20” substitute “18”.