teatree:
ROG, I’ve just been looking at a leaflet I picked up from Tockwith Training Services, the leaflet quotes “aquired rights” which states…Acquired rights, sometimes termed ‘grandfather rights’ will apply for existing holders of full LGV and PCV licences at the time the Directive comes into effect in the UK. This means that those drivers who obtain a full PCV licence before 10 September 2008 or a full LGV licence before 10 September 2009 will have ‘acquired rights’ and will not have to undertake the ‘Initial Driver CPC’. These drivers will not be required by law to hold a Driver CPC until 10 September 2013/14, although drivers will be encouraged to do their 35 hours of Periodic Training well before this date.
Will this give some breathing space? I’ve also been looking at this site where the FAQ’s are…
CORRECT - as stated in the link - have found that bit and added it to original post 
- thats why a lot on here may be retiring in Sept 2014 