Part II

Testing, Marking and Approval of Vehicles

Provision for private-sector plating and testing

Approval of public service vehicles as type vehicles by prescribed testing authority.
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In section 10 of the 1981 Act (approval of public service vehicle as a type vehicle and issue of certificates of conformity to type)—
a
in subsections (1) and (2), after the words “the Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “or the prescribed testing authority”;
b
in subsection (1), for the word “he” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State or that authority”; and
c
in subsection (3), for the words from the beginning to “approval of a type vehicle” there shall be substituted the words “Approval of a type vehicle (whether given by the Secretary of State or the prescribed testing authority) may at any time be withdrawn by either of them”.
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At the end of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—
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Regulations may make provision with respect to—
a
the examination of vehicles for the purposes of this section by or under the direction of authorised inspectors;
b
the approval of vehicles as type vehicles by the prescribed testing authority on such examinations, or the withdrawal of such approval by that authority on such examinations;
c
the issue or refusal of certificates under subsection (2) above by authorised inspectors; and
d
the authorisation by the prescribed testing authority of persons to make declarations under subsection (2) above.
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The text of ss. 10(2)–(9), 11, 18, 19(1)(3), 20, 21(3)–(5), 22, 23(3)(4), 24, 65, 67, 68, Sch. 4, Sch. 5 paras. 17(2), 20, 21–23 and Sch. 6 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.