PART 9N.I.TRAINING AND EXAMINATION

Training contentN.I.

28.—(1) A railway undertaking that employs train drivers must ensure that their training—

(a)complies with the requirements of, and takes into account the guidance given in, Schedule 7;

(b)includes instruction on train driving licences and covers the general professional knowledge, and meets the objectives, set out in Schedule 3;

(c)includes instruction on train driving certificates, and covers the general professional knowledge, and meets the objectives, set out in Schedules 4 and 5; and;

(d)meets the requirements for continuous training which—

(i)are set up to ensure that staff competencies are maintained; and

(ii)form part of the safety management system of the railway undertaking.

(2) The training objectives referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) may be supplemented by any relevant technical specifications for interoperability adopted from time to time by [F1the European Union] under Council Directive 96/48/EC on the interoperability of the trans — European high-speed rail system(1), Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the conventional rail system(2) or Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community(3) and published in the Official Journal.