The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Revocation

   3. 3. Interpretation

   4. 4. Application

   5. 5. Prescribed requirements for tests

   6. 6. Supervision of tests

   7. 7. Authority to drive and duties of driver

   8. 8. Conditions of acceptance of vehicle.

3. PART II TIMING AND METHOD OF APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATIONS

   1. 9. Dates by which vehicles are to be submitted for first examinations

   2. 10. Dates by which vehicles are to be submitted for periodical tests

   3. 11. Period of validity of goods vehicle test certificate

   4. 12. Manner of making application for first examinations or periodical tests, and fees

   5. 13. Time of application for first examinations and periodical tests

   6. 14. Notice of place and time of first examinations or periodical tests

   7. 15. Application for re-tests following first examinations or periodical tests

   8. 16. Fees for re-tests

4. PART III EXAMINATION FOR PLATING ON A FIRST EXAMINATION

   1. 17. Examination for plating

   2. 18. (1) This regulation applies to every vehicle to which these...

   3. 19. (1) In the event of a goods vehicle examiner determining...

   4. 20. (1) Subject to paragraph (1A), where a vehicle is submitted...

   5. 21. Issue of plating certificates, and particulars to be contained therein

   6. 22. Goods vehicle test

   7. 23. Issue of goods vehicle test certificates (or of notices of refusal) and particulars to be contained therein

   8. 24. Re-test procedure, and issue of plating and test certificates (or notices of refusal)

   9. 25. Appeals

5. PART IV REGULATIONS GOVERNING PERIODICAL TESTS

   1. 25A. Interpretation of this Part

   2. 26. Periodical tests, and issue of test certificates (or notices of refusal)

   3. 27. Re-test procedure, and issue of test certificates (or notices of refusal)

   4. 28. Form of test certificates and notices of refusal

   5. 29. Appeals

6. PART V REGULATIONS GOVERNING NOTIFIABLE ALTERATIONS, AMENDMENTS OF PLATING CERTIFICATES AND RE-EXAMINATIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH

   1. 30. Secretary of State to be informed of notifiable alterations

   2. 31. In the following provisions of this Part, a reference to...

   3. 32. Other amendments to the plating certificate

   4. 33. Provision as to re-examination

   5. 34. Fee for re-examination

   6. 35. Condition of acceptance of vehicle

   7. 36. Re-examination procedure, and issue or amendment of plating certificates (or notices of refusal)

   8. 37. Appeals

7. PART VA ALTERATION OF PLATED WEIGHTS WITHOUT EXAMINATION

   1. 37A. Introduction

   2. 37B. Application for alteration of plated weights without examination

   3. 37C. Disposal of applications

   4. 37D. Appeals

8. PART VI MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

   1. 38. Method of payment of fees

   2. 39. General provisions as to fees

   3. 40. Provisions as to fees on appeal

   4. 41. Replacements of plates and certificates

   5. 42. Provisions as to notices

   6. 42A. Provisions as to signatures

   7. 42B. Review

9. PART VII CROWN VEHICLES

   1. 43. Provision as to Crown vehicles

10. PART VIII EXEMPTIONS

    1. 44. Exemptions from section 53(1) and (2) of the 1988 Act

    2. 45. Exemption from section 63(2) of the 1988 Act

    3. 46. Certificates of temporary exemption

11. Signature

12. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       PROVISIONS AS TO BRAKING FORCE OF TRAILERS

       1. 1. In this Schedule— the letter “W” represents—

       2. 2. The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the...

       3. 3. The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the...

       4. 4. The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the...

       5. 5. The minimum braking force capable of being developed by the...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       CLASSES OF VEHICLE TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY

       1. 1. Dual-purpose vehicles not constructed or adapted to form part of...

       2. 2. Mobile cranes as defined in Schedule 3 to the 1971...

       3. 3. Break-down vehicles.

       4. 4. Engineering plant and plant, not being engineering plant, which is...

       5. 5. Trailers being drying or mixing plant designed for the production...

       6. 6. Tower wagons as defined in— (a) paragraph 8 of Schedule...

       7. 7. Road rollers.

       8. 8. Vehicles designed and used solely for fire fighting or fire...

       9. 9. Works trucks, straddle carriers used solely as works trucks, and...

       10. 10. Electrically-propelled motor vehicles first registered before 1st March 2015.

       11. 11. Vehicles used solely for one or both of the following...

       12. 12. Motor vehicles used for no other purpose than the haulage...

       13. 13. Living vans the design gross weight of which does not...

       14. 14. Vehicles constructed or adapted for, and used primarily for the...

       15. 15. Trailers which have no other brakes than a parking brake...

       16. 16. A motor vehicle at a time when it is being...

       17. 17. Category T tractors, except those that are—

       18. 17A. Agricultural motor vehicles (not being category T tractors) and agricultural...

       19. 18. Agricultural trailers and agricultural trailed appliance conveyors drawn on roads...

       20. 18A. Converter dollies used solely for the purposes of agriculture, horticulture...

       21. 19. Public service vehicles (as defined in section 1 of the...

       22. 20. Licensed taxis (as defined in section 13(3) of the Transport...

       23. 21. Vehicles used solely for the purposes of funerals.

       24. 22. Goods vehicles to which any of the prescribed construction and...

       25. 23. Vehicles equipped with a new or improved equipment or types...

       26. 24. Motor vehicles brought into Great Britain and displaying a registration...

       27. 25. Motor vehicles in respect of which a test certificate issued...

       28. 26. Vehicles having a base or centre in any of the...

       29. 27. Trailers brought into Great Britain and having a base or...

       30. 28. Track-laying vehicles.

       31. 29. Steam propelled vehicles.

       32. 30. Motor vehicles first used before 1st January 1960, used unladen...

       33. 31. Motor vehicles constructed, and not merely adapted, for the purpose...

       34. 32. Vehicles designed and used for the purpose of servicing or...

       35. 33. Vehicles designed for use, and used on an aerodrome mentioned...

       36. 34. Vehicles provided for police purposes and maintained in workshops approved...

       37. 35. Heavy motor cars or motor cars constructed or adapted for...

       38. 36. Play buses.

       39. 37. A vehicle— (a) which complies with the requirements specified in...

       40. 38. Mobile machinery, being any self-propelled vehicle which is designed and...

       41. 39. Showman’s vehicles and showman’s goods vehicles (as defined in section...

       42. 40. Vehicles with a maximum design speed of less than 15.5...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       THE PRESCRIBED CONSTRUCTION AND USE REQUIREMENTS

       1. PART I

          1. 1. The requirements contained in the provisions of the Construction and...

          2. 2. The requirements contained in the provisions of the Road Vehicles...

          3. 3. The requirements, in so far as they relate to the...

          4. 3A. The requirements contained in regulations 5, 6, 7, 9 to...

          5. 3B. The registration mark displayed on the vehicle is in accordance...

          6. 3C. For the purposes of this Part, a category T tractor...

       2. PART II

          1. 4. The requirements of this Part of this Schedule, in relation...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       REGULATIONS REVOKED BY REGULATION 2

13. Explanatory Note