The Goods Vehicles (Community Authorisations) Regulations 1992

Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 1980

15.—(1) The Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 1980(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

(a) after the definition of “Community cabotage authorisation”, there shall be inserted—

““Council Regulation No. 881/92” means Regulation (EEC) No. 881/92 of 26th March 1992 on access to the market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to or from the territory of a member State or passing across the territory of one or more member States;”;

(b) in the definition of “foreign goods vehicle”, after paragraph (a), there shall be inserted—

“(aa) which is not being used for international carriage by a haulier established in a member State other than the United Kingdom and not established in the United Kingdom;”;

(c) after the definition of “foreign goods vehicle”, there shall be inserted—

• ““international carriage” has the meaning which it bears in the Council Regulation; and

  (d)

  in the definition of “Northern Ireland goods vehicle”, after paragraph (a), there shall be inserted—

  (aa)

  which is not being used for international carriage by a haulier established in Northern Ireland and not established in Great Britain;”.

(3) For regulation 6 (exemptions for Northern Ireland or foreign goods vehicles with international authorisations or licences), there shall be substituted—

“Exemptions for Northern Ireland or foreign goods vehicles with international licences

6.   Notwithstanding anything in Regulations 7 to 33, section 60(1) of the Act shall not apply to the use in Great Britain of a Northern Ireland or foreign goods vehicle for the carriage of goods for hire or reward if the vehicle is being used by virtue of a licence issued pursuant to the scheme adopted by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of Transport on 14th June 1973 and the licence is carried on the vehicle or, if the vehicle is a trailer, on the motor vehicle by which it is drawn.”

(4) Regulations 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27 and 29 are hereby revoked.

(1)

S.I. 1980/637.