The Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences, Qualifications and Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991

Exemptions

11.—(1) Schedule 5 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For the heading there shall be substituted—

“CLASSES OF VEHICLES FOR WHICH A LICENCE IS NOT REQUIRED

PART I”.

(3) For paragraph 1, there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“1.   Any tractor as defined in paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 3 to the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 while being used for one or more of the purposes specified in Part II of this Schedule.”

(4) For sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 18 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(a) for the purposes of the enactments relating to weights and measures or the sale of food and drugs; or

(b) before the 1st of April 1992 for:

(i) road cleansing or road watering; or

(ii) the collection or disposal of refuse, night soil or the contents of cess-pools or septic tanks.”

(5) At the end there shall be added—

“29.   A vehicle which is being used for snow clearing, or for the distribution of grit, salt or other materials on frosted, icebound or snow-covered roads or for going to or from the place where it is to be used for the said purposes or for any other purpose directly connected with those purposes.

30.   A vehicle proceeding to or from a station provided by the Secretary of State under section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) for the purposes of an examination of that vehicle under that section provided that—

(a) the only load being carried is a load required for the purposes of the examination, and

(b) it is being carried at the request of the Secretary of State.

PART II PURPOSES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE

1.   Hauling—

(a) threshing appliances;

(b) farming implements;

(c) a living van for the accommodation of persons employed to drive the tractor; or

(d) supplies of water or fuel required for the tractor.

2.   Hauling articles for a farm required by the keeper, being either the occupier of the farm or a contractor employed to do agricultural work on the farm by the occupier of the farm.

3.   Hauling articles for a forestry estate required by the keeper where the keeper is the occupier of that estate or employed to do forestry work on the estate by the occupier or a contractor employed to do forestry work on the estate by the occupier.

4.   Hauling within 15 miles of a farm or a forestry estate occupied by the keeper, agricultural or woodland produce of that farm or estate.

5.   Hauling within 15 miles of a farm or a forestry estate occupied by the keeper, material to be spread on roads to deal with frost, ice or snow.

6.   Hauling a snow plough or a similar contrivance for the purpose of clearing snow; and

7.   Hauling—

(a) soil for landscaping or similar works, or

(b) a mowing machine,

where the keeper is a local authority.”

(1)

1988 c. 52.