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Legal Requirements

If you want to be an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) and have your name entered on the Register of Approved Driving Instructors you must:

    • hold a full UK or European Union (EU) / European Economic Area (EEA) unrestricted car driving licence
    • have held it for a total of at least 4 out of the past 6 years prior to entering the register after qualifying, but:

      A foreign driving licence, an automatic car driving licence or a provisional licence held after passing the driving test, all count towards the 4 years;

      Sussex Driving Instructor Training Centre Ltd can start your training for the Theory Examination after 31/2 years

    • not have been disqualified from driving at any time in the 4 years prior to being entered in the Register;
    • be a fit and proper person to have your name entered in the Register. All convictions, including motoring offences, still in force (ie not spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) will be taken into account when we assess your suitability to be entered in the Register; and
    • pass the Register qualifying exam and register within 12 months of doing so.
    • In addition you should be aware that you cannot accompany a person to drive unless you have held a full UK or EU/EEA driving licence for three years and must be 21 or more. A foreign full licence will count towards this three year period but it must be a foreign licence that is accepted under the 'exchange scheme'  For more details of the exchange system you should read Section four of the DVLA booklet D100 "What you need to know about driving licences" available at most post offices.

 

Under the rules of the Road Traffic Act of 1988 it is illegal for anyone to charge [either money or monies worth] for instruction in driving a motor car unless:

their name is on the Register of Approved Driving Instructors: or
they hold an Approved TraineeLicence to give Instruction issued by the Registrar.

This booklet does not give the exact legal requirements. These are given in the Road Traffic Act 1988, and the regulations under that Act, particularly The Motor Cars [Driving Instruction] Regulations 1989.

Qualifying Examination

The qualifying examination is in 3 parts:-

a] A Theory Test - using touch screen computers & Hazard Perception Test.

b] A Practical Test of your Driving Ability.

c] A Practical Test of your Ability to Teach.

You must take and pass all 3 parts of the exam in this order and must complete the whole exam within 2 years of passing the theory test.

You are allowed 3 attempts at each of the practical tests. Failure at a 3rd attempt at either will mean you must wait 2 years from the date of passing Part 1, before you can recommence training.

**Driving Licence, Photographic proof of Identity and proof of Signature must be taken to all 3 examinations**