The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

2.—(1) The following provisions shall be added to the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989(1).

(2) After regulation 4, there shall be added—

“Exemptions—Vehicle Examiners

4A.— (1) Parts 2 and 3 of these Regulations do not apply where a vehicle is being used on a road by a vehicle examiner and it is so used in order—

(a) to submit the vehicle for an examination under section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for the purpose of ascertaining whether the examination is carried out in accordance with Regulations made under that section; or

(b) to remove the vehicle following that examination.

(2) This regulation shall only apply to a vehicle examiner who—

(a) has been authorised in writing by the Secretary of State to use a vehicle for the purposes described in paragraph (1)(a) and (b); and

(b) when using the vehicle for such a purpose, reasonably believes that any defects in that vehicle do not give rise to a danger of injury to any person while being so used.

(3) In this regulation “vehicle examiner” means an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.”.

(1)

S.I. 1989/1796, amended by S.I. 1992/1217, 1994/2280, 1996/3016, 2001/560 and 2005/2559.