FT/D/2025/0435 - [2025] UKFTT 01267 (GRC)

Guidance and the Code

The DVSA has issued Guidance. It states for example:-

"ADIs are in a position of considerable trust. The ADI Registrar protects the image of the register and maintains the public’s confidence in the ADI industry.

The law says you must be a ‘fit and proper’ person, but does not define what it means.

The ADI Registrar interprets it as the personal and professional standards, conduct or behaviour that could be unacceptable in the eyes of the public and other ADIs.

When deciding if you’re a ‘fit and proper’ person, DVSA will check if you have...any motoring or non-motoring cautions, convictions or fixed penalty notices

It’s also unlikely that you’ll be classed as a ‘fit and proper’ person if you’ve been found guilty of:...driving while using a hand-held mobile phone..."

Additionally a Code has been agreed between the DVSA and the National Associations Strategic Partnership, which is a steering group for approved driving instructor associations. It says for example that the instructor agrees not to use "... mobile devices like phones when driving or supervising client’s driving and only when parked in a safe and legal place."