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“Acquired rights” ended for PSV and LGV drivers on 10th September 2013 and 10th September 2014 respectively. Previously, you could have the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) through \u2018acquired rights\u2019 if you were already a professional lorry, bus or coach driver – provided that you held your licence prior to 10th September 2008 and 10th September 2009 respectively. This meant that because you had already been working as a lorry or bus driver, your experience counted as the same as taking the Driver\u00a0CPC initial qualification. However, you were still expected to complete 35 hours of periodic training to retain your driving entitlement.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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