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of a type vehicle (whether given by the Secretary of State or the prescribed testing authority) may at any time be withdrawn by either of them ".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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