tachograph:
weeto:
I would say you would have to read paragraph 4 ROG, and at a guess, paragraph 4 relates to who has acquired rights, which is any driver who passed their hgv test before 10th sept 2009.
Not quite but it was a good guess 
Paragraph 4 is about people who have applied for a DQC but not yet received it.
I said in a previous post it was article 10 The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007, sorry it’s actually article 11.
I’ve now found a link straight to the relevant article 
Article 11 - The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007
Ok, but this is the bit paragraph 4 which is what I meant, I couldn’t find the regulations, ta.
Persons who must take initial CPC test
- (1) Except where paragraph (5) or (9) applies and subject to paragraph (7), a person to whom these Regulations apply is not permitted to drive a relevant vehicle on a road on or after the date specified in paragraph (3) unless he has successfully completed the appropriate initial CPC test.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation–
(a)
the appropriate initial CPC test is the test relating to vehicles of the category into which that particular relevant vehicle falls;
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(b)
where Article 5(5) of the Directive applies, the appropriate initial CPC test must comply with the last paragraph of Section 2.2 of Annex I to the Directive.
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(3) The specified date is 10th September 2008 in respect of vehicles in licence category D or D+E and 10th September 2009 in respect of vehicles in licence category C or C+E.
(4) A person may take the initial CPC test whether or not he has been granted a driving licence for a relevant vehicle.
(5) This paragraph applies where–
(a)
a person is undergoing a vocational training course leading to a professional qualification relevant to the carriage by road of passengers or goods (or both) and which is approved by the competent authority as a course to which this paragraph applies;
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(b)
that course lasts at least six months;
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(c)
that person has produced to the competent authority’s satisfaction such evidence as that authority may reasonably require that he is undergoing such a course;
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(d)
the competent authority has issued that person with a document authorising him to drive that relevant vehicle for a specified period of up to 12 months while undertaking such a course; and
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(e)
that person is driving within the United Kingdom.
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(6) The competent authority may authorise a person under paragraph (5)(d) in respect of only one specified period.
7) A person is not required to take an initial CPC test relating to vehicles of the category into which that particular relevant vehicle falls if he holds a document described in paragraph (8) –
(a)
on 10th September 2008, if that vehicle falls into category D or D+E;
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(b)
on 10th September 2009, if that vehicle falls into category C or C+E.
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(8) That document may be –
(a)
a current driving licence;
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(b)
a current driving licence issued by a member State other than the United Kingdom;
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(c)
a current driving licence recognised as equivalent to a document described in sub-paragraph (a) or (b); or
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(d)
a current test pass certificate entitling its holder to a driving licence authorising the driving of any relevant vehicle.
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(9) This paragraph applies where a person holds a CPC certifying an initial qualification within the meaning of Article 6(1)(a) of the Directive (CPC awarded on the basis of course attendance and a test).
(10) A person who has passed the initial CPC test in respect of a vehicle which falls within–
(a)
category C or C+E, or
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(b)
category D or D+E,
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need not take another initial CPC test to drive any relevant vehicle that falls within the other category referred to in the same sub-paragraph.
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