The Motor Vehicle Testing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Amendment to regulation 20 (production of test certificate on application for licence)

3.  For regulation 20(2) of the principal Regulations(1) substitute—

“(2) Where an application is made for a licence under the 1994 Act for a motor vehicle to which Article 63(2)(b) of the Order applies, the licence shall not be granted unless—

(a) there is produced a current test certificate or effective certificate of temporary exemption; or

(b) information held by the Department indicates that a current test certificate or effective certificate of temporary exemption currently exists in respect of the vehicle; or

(c) the owner of the vehicle declares in writing the year in which the vehicle was manufactured, and a period of 4 years(2), or such other period specified by an order made by the Department under Article 63(9) of the Order, from the date of manufacture has not expired.

(3) In this regulation “information” means information held in any form.”.

(1)

Regulation 20 was amended by S.R. 2004 No. 321

(2)

The period of 5 years mentioned in Article 63(2) of S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18), as originally enacted, is now a reference to 4 years by virtue of S.R. 1996 No. 12 (an Order made under Article 63(9))