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(1)The Minister may make regulations for any purpose for which regulations may be made under this Part of this Act and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Part of this Act and generally for the purpose of carrying this Part of this Act into effect and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, may make regulations with respect to the following matters—
(a)the procedure on applications for, and the determination of questions in connection with, the grant and variation of operators’ licences. . . F1, and the procedure under, and the determination of questions for the purposes of, [F2sections 69 and 69F] of this Act;
(b)the issue of operators’ licences. . . F1 and the issue on payment of the prescribed fee of copies of such licences. . . F1 in the case of licences. . . F1 lost or defaced;
(c)the means by which vehicles may be identified, whether by plates, marks or otherwise, as being authorised vehicles. . . F1;
[F3(d)the custody, production, return and cancellation of operators’ licences and of documents, plates and any other means of identification prescribed under paragraph (c) of this subsection;
F3(dd)the payment of a prescribed fee in respect of any document, plate or such other means of identification that has been lost, defaced or broken;]
(e)the notification to the licensing authority of vehicles which have ceased to be used under an operator’s licence. . . F1;
(f)the repayment [F4(or partial repayment)] in the prescribed circumstances of fees paid under this Part of this Act;
(g)the circumstances in which goods are to be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as carried for hire or reward and the circumstances in which goods are to be treated for those purposes as carried by any person for or in connection with a trade or business carried on by him;
and different regulations may be made as respects different classes of vehicles.
(2)The power conferred by subsection (1) of this section to make regulations with respect to the means by which vehicles are to be identified as being authorised vehicles. . . F1 shall include power to require that any such means of identification prescribed for a vehicle shall be carried notwithstanding that for the time being the vehicle is not being used for a purpose for which an operator’s licence. . . F1 is required.
(3)The Minister may by regulations substitute for any weight, distance, volume or area specified by or under this Part of this Act a weight, distance, volume or area expressed in terms of the metric system, being a weight, distance, volume or area which is equivalent to that for which it is substituted or does not differ from it by more than five per cent. thereof.
(4)The Minister may make regulations—
(a)for providing that any provision of this Part of this Act shall, in relation to vehicles brought temporarily into Great Britain, have effect subject to such modifications as may be prescribed;
(b). . . F5
and different provision may be made by the regulations for different classes of case.
(5)A definition or description of a class of vehicles for the purposes of any regulation under this Part of this Act may be framed by reference to any characteristic of the vehicles or to any other circumstances whatsoever.
(6)Any person who contravenes a provision of regulations under this section, a contravention of which is declared by the regulations to be an offence, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F6level 1 on the standard scale].
(7)Any order or regulations made by the Minister under this Part of this Act. . . F7 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(8)Before making any regulations under this Part of this Act. . . F7 the Minister shall consult with such representative organisations as he thinks fit.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 126), Sch. 9 Pt. II
F2Words substituted by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 126), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 6(a)
F3S. 91(1)(d)(dd) substituted (3.11.1994) for s. 91(1)(d) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 57, 82(3)(f), Sch. 13 Pt. I para. 14(1)(c)
F4Words in s. 91(1)(f) inserted (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 57, 82(3)(f), Sch. 13 Pt. I para. 14(1)(d)
F5S. 91(4)(b) repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34), Sch. 9 Pt. II
F6Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54)
F7Words repealed by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 126), Sch. 6
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 91 amended by S.I. 1977/1462, regs. 3(5), 11(1)(2)
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