Road Traffic Act 1960

191 Interpretation of Part IV

(1) In this Part of this Act and the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Schedules thereto, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say,—

• " authorised vehicle " means, in relation to a carrier's licence, a vehicle authorised to be used thereunder, whether or not it is for the time being in use for a purpose for which a carrier's licence is required and whether it is specified therein as so authorised or, being of a type so authorised subject to a maximum number, is in the possession of the holder of the licence under an agreement for hire or loan or, if a trailer, belongs to him or is in his possession under an agreement for hire-purchase, hire or loan;

• " carriage of goods " includes the haulage of goods;

• " driver " means, in relation to a trailer, the driver of the vehicle by which the trailer is drawn, and " drive " shall be construed accordingly;

• " goods " includes goods or burden of any description;

• " goods vehicle " means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods, or a trailer so constructed or adapted ;

• " prescribed " means prescribed by regulations;

• " regulations " means regulations made under the last foregoing section;

• " statutory attendant " means a person employed in pursuance of section seventy-two of this Act in attending a locomotive or attending to a trailer.

(2) Anything required or authorised by this Part of this Act to be done to or by a licensing authority by whom a carrier's licence was granted may be done to or by any person for the time being acting as licensing authority for the area for which the first-mentioned authority was acting at the time of the granting of the licence.