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The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Revocation

    3. 3.Interpretation

    4. 4.Application

    5. 5.Prescribed requirements for tests

    6. 6.Supervision of tests

    7. 7.Authority to drive and duties of driver

    8. 8.Conditions of acceptance of vehicle.

  3. PART II TIMING AND METHOD OF APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATIONS

    1. 9.Dates by which vehicles are to be submitted for first examinations

    2. 10.Dates by which vehicles are to be submitted for periodical tests

    3. 11.Period of validity of goods vehicle test certificate

    4. 12.Manner of making application for first examinations or periodical tests, and fees

    5. 13.Time of application for first examinations and periodical tests

    6. 14.Notice of place and time of first examinations or periodical tests

    7. 15.Application for re-tests following first examinations or periodical tests

    8. 16.Fees for re-tests

  4. PART III REGULATIONS GOVERNING FIRST EXAMINATIONS

    1. 17.Examination for plating

    2. 18.(1) This regulation applies to every vehicle to which these...

    3. 19.In the event of a goods vehicle examiner determining that...

    4. 20.In the event of a goods vehicle examiner determining that...

    5. 21.Issue of plating certificates, and particulars to be contained therein

    6. 22.Goods vehicle test

    7. 23.Issue of goods vehicle test certificates (or of notices of refusal) and particulars to be contained therein

    8. 24.Re-test procedure, and issue of plating and test certificates (or notices of refusal)

    9. 25.Appeals

  5. PART IV REGULATIONS GOVERNING PERIODICAL TESTS

    1. 26.Periodical tests, and issue of test certificates (or notices of refusal)

    2. 27.Re-test procedure, and issue of test certificates (or notices of refusal)

    3. 28.Form of test certificates and notices of refusal

    4. 29.Appeals

  6. PART V REGULATIONS GOVERNING NOTIFIABLE ALTERATIONS, AMENDMENTS OF PLATING CERTIFICATES AND RE-EXAMINATIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH

    1. 30.Secretary of State to be informed of notifiable alterations

    2. 31.In this Part of these Regulations, any reference to the...

    3. 32.Other amendments to the plating certificate

    4. 33.Provision as to re-examination

    5. 34.Fee for re-examination

    6. 35.Condition of acceptance of vehicle

    7. 36.Re-examination procedure, and issue or amendment of plating certificates (or notices of refusal)

    8. 37.Appeals

  7. PART VI MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

    1. 38.Method of payment of fees

    2. 39.General provisions as to fees

    3. 40.Provisions as to fees on appeal

    4. 41.Replacements of plates and certificates

    5. 42.Provisions as to notices

  8. PART VII CROWN VEHICLES

    1. 43.Provision as to Crown vehicles

  9. PART VIII EXEMPTIONS

    1. 44.Exemptions from section 46(1) and (2) of the 1972 Act

    2. 45.Exemption from section 51(2) of the 1972 Act

    3. 46.Certificates of temporary exemption

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      PROVISIONS AS TO BRAKING FORCE OF TRAILERS

      1. 1.In this Schedule— the letter “W” represents—

      2. 2.The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the...

      3. 3.The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the...

      4. 4.The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CLASSES OF VEHICLE TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY

      1. 1.Dual-purpose vehicles not constructed or adapted to form part of...

      2. 2.Mobile cranes as defined in Schedule 3 to the 1971...

      3. 3.Break-down vehicles.

      4. 4.Engineering plant and plant, not being engineering plant, which is...

      5. 5.Trailers being drying or mixing plant designed for the production...

      6. 6.Tower wagons as defined in— (a) section 4(2) of the...

      7. 7.Road construction vehicles as defined in section 4(2) of the...

      8. 8.Vehicles designed for fire fighting or fire salvage purposes.

      9. 9.Works trucks, straddle carriers used solely as works trucks, and...

      10. 10.Electrically-propelled motor vehicles.

      11. 11.Vehicles used solely for one or both of the following...

      12. 12.Motor vehicles used for no other purpose than the haulage...

      13. 13.Living vans the unladen weight of which does not exceed...

      14. 14.Vehicles constructed or adapted for, and used primarily for the...

      15. 15.Trailers which have no other brakes than a parking brake...

      16. 16.Vehicles exempted from duty under the 1971 Act by virtue...

      17. 17.Agricultural motor vehicles and agricultural trailed appliances.

      18. 18.Agricultural trailers and agricultural trailed appliance conveyors drawn on roads...

      19. 19.Public service vehicles (as defined in section 1 of the...

      20. 20.Licensed taxis (as defined in section 13(3) of the Transport...

      21. 21.Vehicles used solely for the purposes of funerals.

      22. 22.Goods vehicles to which any of the prescribed construction and...

      23. 23.Vehicles equipped with a new or improved equipment or types...

      24. 24.Motor vehicles brought into Great Britain and displaying a registration...

      25. 25.Motor vehicles for the time being licensed under the Vehicles...

      26. 26.Vehicles having a base or centre in any of the...

      27. 27.Trailers brought into Great Britain and having a base or...

      28. 28.Track-laying vehicles.

      29. 29.Steam propelled vehicles.

      30. 30.Motor vehicles first used before 1st January 1960, used unladen...

      31. 31.Motor vehicles constructed, and not merely adapted, for the purpose...

      32. 32.Vehicles designed and used for the purpose of servicing or...

      33. 33.Vehicles designed for use, and used on an aerodrome mentioned...

      34. 34.Vehicles provided for police purposes and maintained in workshops approved...

      35. 35.Heavy motor cars or motor cars constructed or adapted for...

      36. 36.Play buses.

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      THE PRESCRIBED CONSTRUCTION AND USE REQUIREMENTS

      1. 1.The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Construction...

      2. 2.The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Road...

      3. 3.The requirements, in so far as they relate to the...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      REGULATIONS REVOKED BY REGULATION 2

  12. Explanatory Note

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