The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Amendment to regulation 3 (interpretation)

3.—(1) Regulation 3(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After the definition of “notifiable alteration” there shall be inserted the following definition–

• ““out of hours” means at any time either–

  (a)

  on any day which is a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or a Bank holiday (as defined in the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971)(1); or

  (b)

  on any other day, other than between–

  (i)

  8.00 am and 5.00 pm on a Monday to Thursday inclusive, or

  (ii)

  8.00 am and 4.30 pm on a Friday;”.

(3) For the definition of “vehicle testing station” there shall be substituted–

““vehicle testing station” means a station provided by the Secretary of State under section 52(2) of the 1988 Act(2) or such other place as he may consider appropriate for the purposes of carrying out an examination.”

(1)

1971 c. 80.

(2)

“The 1988 Act” is defined in regulation 3(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 as meaning the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52).