Transport Act 1982

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

(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of a type vehicle (whether given by the Secretary of State or the prescribed testing authority) may at any time be withdrawn by either of them ".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.”.