Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988

8 (1) In section 2(1)(c) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 for “section 42(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972” there is substituted “section 44(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988”.

(2) In section 5(3) of that Act—

(a) in the definition of “compulsory test”—

(i) for “section 43 of the Road Traffic Act 1972” there is substituted “section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988”,

(ii) for “section 52(2) of that Act” there is substituted “section 66(3) of that Act”,

(iii) for “section 45 or for the purposes of section 47” there is substituted “section 49 or for the purposes of sections 54 to 58”,

(iv) for “section 50(1)(a)” there is substituted “section 61(2)(a)”, and

(v) for “section 49” there is substituted “section 60”,

(b) in the definition of “the relevant certificate”—

(i) for “section 43” there is substituted “section 45”,

(ii) for “section 45” there is substituted “section 49”, and

(iii) for “section 47” there is substituted “sections 54 to 58”,

(c) in the definition of “authorised person”, for “section 43” there is substituted “section 45”, and

(d) in the definition of “goods vehicle examiner”, for “section 56 of the Road Traffic Act 1972” there is substituted “section 68 of the Road Traffic Act 1988”.

(3) In section 22(1)(b) of that Act—

(a) for the words from “section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1972” to “used before registration)” there is substituted “section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 applies by virtue of subsection (2)(b) thereof (vehicles manufactured before the prescribed period and used before registration)”, and

(b) for the words from “section 43 of the said Act of 1972” to the end there is substituted “section 45 of the said Act of 1988 (examinations for test certificates) in circumstances in which its use is exempted from the said section 47(1) by regulations under section 47(6) thereof”.

(4) In Part I of Schedule 4 to that Act—

(a) in paragraph 9—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2A)(a), for “section 40 or 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1972” there is substituted “section 41 or 49 of the Road Traffic Act 1988”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2A)(c), for “section 40 of the Act of 1972” there is substituted “section 41 of the Act of 1988”, and

(b) in paragraph 15, in the definition of “unladen weight”, for “the Road Traffic Act 1972 by virtue of section 194 of that Act” there is substituted “the Road Traffic Act 1988 by virtue of section 190 of that Act”.