Re-examination of an eligible vehicle for which a reduced pollution certificate is in forceU.K.
8.—(1) An authorised examiner may at any time by notice require the registered keeper of an eligible vehicle for which a reduced pollution certificate is in force to submit it, at a place and within a period specified in the notice (or at such other place or within such longer period as may be agreed by the Secretary of State), for a re-examination for the purpose of determining whether it still satisfies the reduced pollution requirements.
(2) Paragraphs 2(3) and 3(2) (except paragraph 3(2)(b)) apply to a re-examination under this paragraph.
(3) If an eligible vehicle for which a reduced pollution certificate is in force is found after a re-examination under this paragraph to satisfy the reduced pollution requirements, the authorised examiner who carried out the re-examination shall give notice to that effect to the registered keeper or to the person who brought the vehicle to the re-examination and to the Secretary of State.
[F1(4) For the purposes of this paragraph “re-examination” includes an examination of an eligible vehicle not previously examined.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 8(4) added (22.12.2009) by The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3103), regs. 1, 8