Part II Testing, Marking and Approval of Vehicles

Provision for private-sector plating and testing

11 Approval of public service vehicles as type vehicles by prescribed testing authority. C1

1

In section 10 of the 1981 Act (approval of public service vehicle as a type vehicle and issue of certificates of conformity to type)—

a

in subsections (1) and (2), after the words “the Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “or the prescribed testing authority”;

b

in subsection (1), for the word “he” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State or that authority”; and

c

in subsection (3), for the words from the beginning to “approval of a type vehicle” there shall be substituted the words “Approval of a type vehicle (whether given by the Secretary of State or the prescribed testing authority) may at any time be withdrawn by either of them”.

2

At the end of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

4

Regulations may make provision with respect to—

a

the examination of vehicles for the purposes of this section by or under the direction of authorised inspectors;

b

the approval of vehicles as type vehicles by the prescribed testing authority on such examinations, or the withdrawal of such approval by that authority on such examinations;

c

the issue or refusal of certificates under subsection (2) above by authorised inspectors; and

d

the authorisation by the prescribed testing authority of persons to make declarations under subsection (2) above.