There’s another little bit in the legislation which also doesn’t make any sense.
The Secretary of State can require that evidence of registration should be displayed in the classroom, on the business premise
Classroom tuition on any topic can be carried out by anyone. There is no requirement to be an ADI to teach driving theory. You don’t even need to hold a driving licence to teach it. The ADI licence regulations apply only to practical instruction on driving a car in the category B licence. Strangely, you don’t even need to be an ADI to give B+E tuition, which involves driving a car and trailer!
So unless the Secretary of State changes the laws to make it compulsory to have an ADI licence for driving theory classroom training that isn’t going to work either.
The guidelines for the new standards check have just been published. It’s interesting to read in there that examiners have been briefed on ADI licence display. If the pupil is not being charged for the lesson then the ADI does not need to display the licence.
However, the examiner should still ask to see it. If the ADI does not produce it, the standards check must still go ahead.
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Dave Thomas
Founder member of the only union for ADI’s