2. For regulation 23 of the principal Regulations(1) substitute—
“23.—(1) Where an application is made for a licence under the 1994 Act for a motor vehicle to which Article 69(2) of the 1995 Order applies, the licence shall not be granted unless—
(a)there is produced an effective goods vehicle test certificate or effective certificate of temporary exemption; or
(b)information held by the Department indicates that an effective goods vehicle test certificate or effective certificate of temporary exemption currently exists in respect of the vehicle.
(2) In this regulation “information” means information held in any form.”.
Regulation 23 was amended by S.R. 2004 No. 247, regulation 3