The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988

Application for re-tests following first examinations or periodical tests

15.—(1) Where, under regulation 23(1) or 26, a notification of the refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate in respect of a vehicle is issued the vehicle may be submitted, if need be on more than one occasion, at a vehicle testing station for a re-test in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) Where an applicant desires to submit a vehicle for a re-test, within 14 days after the date on which it was submitted for its first examination or periodical test, at the vehicle testing station at which its first examination or periodical test was carried out or, where that station was an auxiliary station, at that or another testing station, such applicant shall make arrangements as to the date and time at which the vehicle is to be submitted for the re-test with the person in charge of the station at which the vehicle is to be submitted.

(3) Where an applicant desires to submit a vehicle for a further re-test, within 14 days after the date on which it was submitted for a re-test in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4), at the vehicle testing station at which such re-test was carried out or, where that station was an auxiliary station, at that or another testing station, such applicant shall make arrangements as to the date and time at which the vehicle is to be submitted for the further re-test with the person in charge of the station at which the vehicle is to be submitted.

(4) Where an applicant desires to submit a vehicle for a re-test in circumstances other than those to which paragraph (2) or (3) applies, he shall apply in writing to the person in charge of such vehicle testing station as he shall select for a date and time at which the vehicle may be submitted for the re-test, and every such application shall be made not later than 7 days before the date on which the re-test is required on a form approved by the Secretary of State and shall contain the particulars required by that form, and upon receipt of the application the Secretary of State shall send to the applicant a notice stating when the re-test is to take place.