20.—[F1(1) This regulation applies if —

(a)the ORR considers that the holder of a train driving certificate no longer satisfies a condition required for the holding of it; or

(b)the French licensing authority —

(i)has notified the ORR that it considers a driver is no longer competent or fit to drive a train in the Channel Tunnel zone; and

(ii)has requested the ORR to require the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager which has issued a train driving certificate to the driver to review the driver’s competence or fitness or to suspend or withdraw the certificate.

(1A) Without prejudice to regulation 21, where this regulation applies, the ORR must—

(a)inform the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager which issued the train driving certificate of its view or, as the case may be, of the view and request of the French licensing authority; and

(b)give the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager a reasoned request for a review of the holder’s eligibility to hold the certificate or for the certificate to be suspended or withdrawn.]

(2) Upon receipt of such a request the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager must consider it and, within four weeks, notify the ORR of its decision whether to suspend or withdraw the certificate or take any other action.

(3) Where the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager concludes that the holder no longer satisfies a condition required for the holding of the train driving certificate, it must take appropriate measures which may include—

(a)requiring the holder to undergo the relevant tests or examinations referred to in regulation 15; or

(b)suspending or withdrawing the holder's train driving certificate.

(4) Pending any suspension or withdrawal of the train driving certificate, or other conclusion on the request, the ORR may prohibit the holder from driving a train in Great Britain.

[F2(5) If the ORR exercises the power in paragraph (4) it—

(a)must inform the Department for Infrastructure and the Intergovernmental Commission and, in the case of the holder of a Channel Tunnel train driving certificate, the French licensing authority; and

(b)may, in the case of the holder of a Channel Tunnel train driving certificate who also holds a European train driving licence inform the safety authority which has issued that licence if this is not the French licensing authority.

(5A) Where the French licensing authority has notified the ORR of the matters referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(i) and has made the request referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), the ORR must notify the French licensing authority of the response given by the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager under paragraph (2) promptly on receiving it.]