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12. A vehicle fitted with a machine, appliance, apparatus or other contrivance which is a permanent or essentially permanent fixture for carrying out maintenance on the road, water, electricity or gas networks and provided that the only goods carried on the vehicle are—
(a)required for use in connection with the function of the machine, appliance, apparatus or contrivance or the running of the vehicle; or
(b)mud, including contents of road gullies, or other matter swept up from the surface of a road by the use of the machine, appliance, apparatus or other contrivance.