The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002

Regulation 45

SCHEDULE 7RECOVERY VEHICLES: PRESCRIBED PURPOSES

PART IPurposes prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 5(3)(e) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act

1.  Carrying any person who, immediately before the vehicle became disabled was the driver of, or a passenger in that vehicle, together with his personal effects, from the premises at which the vehicle is to be repaired or scrapped to his original intended destination.

2.—(1) At the request of a constable or a local authority empowered by or under statute to remove a vehicle from a road, removing such a vehicle to a place nominated by the constable or local authority.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “road” has the meaning given—

(a)in relation to England, Scotland or Wales by section 192 of the 1988 Act; and

(b)in relation to Northern Ireland by Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

3.  Proceeding to a place at which the vehicle will be available for use for a purpose specified in paragraph 5(3)(a) or (b) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act and remaining temporarily at such a place so as to be available for such use.

4.  Proceeding from—

(a)a place where the vehicle has remained temporarily so as to be available for such use;

(b)a place where the vehicle has recovered a disabled vehicle; or

(c)such premises as are mentioned in paragraph 5(3)(b) or (c) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act.

PART IIPurposes Prescribed for the Purposes of Paragraph 5(4)(c) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act

5.  Repairing a disabled vehicle at the place where it became disabled or to which it has been moved in the interests of safety after becoming disabled.

6.  Drawing or carrying a single trailer if another vehicle had become disabled whilst drawing or carrying it.