Modification of certain enactments and of the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment Use and Certification) Regulations 198110

1

The Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 M1 shall be amended as follows—

a

In Schedule 1, at the end, there shall be inserted—

Regulation 7 of the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations 1999.

To require the production of certain documents which are required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.

b

In Schedule 2, at the end, there shall be inserted—

Regulations 3, 4 and 7 of the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations 1999.

To impose penalties for contravention of certain requirements relating to national passenger services by a carrier registered in a foreign member State.

2

The provisions of the 1981 Act shall have effect, in relation to a vehicle being used to carry out cabotage transport operations, as if sections 6, 12 and 18 were omitted.

3

In section 65(1) of the 1981 Act after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

ea

a control document issued under Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 12/98 of 11 December 1997;

4

In section 66 of the 1981 Act, the word “or" at the end of paragraph (d) shall be omitted and after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted

or;

f

obtaining the issue of a control document under article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 12/98 of 11 December 1997;

5

In paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985 M2 after the words “or this Act" there shall be inserted “ or under the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations 1999. ”

6

None of the provisions of Parts II, III, IV and V of the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 M3 shall have effect in relation to a vehicle which is carrying out a cabotage transport operation in Great Britain in accordance with the Council Regulation.