POLICE Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 24th July 2025. 2 These Regulations extend to Great Britain. Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2023 2 The Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations 2023 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7 . Amendment of regulation 3 (prescribed training provided in England and Wales) 3 In regulation 3— a in the heading, for “in England and Wales” substitute “by a provider licensed by the College of Policing” ; b in paragraph (b), for the words from “Police Sector Standards” to the end substitute “College of Policing Standard for Instructors or the College of Policing Standard for Trainers” . Amendment of regulation 4 (required refresher training frequency for training provided in England and Wales) 4 In the heading to regulation 4, for “in England and Wales” substitute “by a provider licensed by the College of Policing” . Amendment of regulation 5 (prescribed training provided in Scotland) 5 In the heading to regulation 5, for the word “in” substitute “by Police” . Amendment of regulation 6 (required refresher training frequency for training provided in Scotland) 6 In the heading to regulation 6, for the word “in” substitute “by Police” . Amendment of the Schedule 7 In the Schedule— a In Table 1— i in the first column, for “Standard response driving” substitute “Response driving” ; ii in the heading of the third column, for “students ratio” substitute “learners” ; iii in the fourth column, for “Two years”, in each place those words occur, substitute “Three years” ; iv in the entry “Tactical phase pursuit (TPaC)”, in the second column, for “Five days” substitute “One week” ; v in the entry “VIP protection motorcycle escorts”, in the second column, for “Five days” substitute “One week” ; vi in the entry “Escorting vehicles (abnormal loads etc)”— aa in the third column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six” ; bb in the fourth column, for “Unlimited validity” substitute “Five years” ; vii in the entry “Category B vans & passenger vehicles”— aa in the second column, for “Four hours” substitute “One day” ; bb in the third column, for “One to two” substitute “One to three” ; viii in the entry “VIP protection driving”, in the third column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six” ; ix omit the entry “Off-road motorcycling”; x omit the entry “Off-road driving”; xi omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”. b In Table 2— i in the first column, for “Standard response driving” substitute “Response driving” ; ii in the second column, for “two years”, in each place those words occur, substitute “three years” ; iii in the heading of the fourth column, for “students ratio” substitute “learners” ; iv after the entry “VIP protection motorcycle escorts” insert— Escorting vehicles (abnormal loads etc) Every five years One day Three to six; v in the entry “VIP protection driving”, in the fourth column, for “One to three” substitute “Three to six” ; vi omit the entry “Pre-surveillance motorcycle riding”. Diana Johnson Minister of State Home Office 2nd July 2025