The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998

Made11th December 1998

Laid before Parliament11th December 1998

Coming into force1st January 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49 and 51 of the Road Traffic Act 19881 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Preliminary2

The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 19882 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 203

In regulation 20(1)(g) after the words “the Construction and Use Regulations” there shall be inserted “or of the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 19983”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Larry WhittyParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions11th December 1998

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make a consequential amendment to the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1998 to take account of the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998, which contain new provisions as to the weight of heavy goods vehicles.