Article 5

After paragraph 3 insert—

“Agricultural material handlers

3A.

(1)

An agricultural material handler is an excepted vehicle.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1) above an “agricultural material handler” means a vehicle which is—

(a)

designed and constructed primarily for use otherwise than on roads,

(b)

designed to lift goods or burden, and

(c)

used on public roads solely for —

(i)

purposes relating to agriculture, horticulture or forestry;

(ii)

cutting verges bordering public roads; or

(iii)

cutting hedges or trees bordering public roads or bordering verges which border public roads.”.