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Paragraph 47 Vehicles used by operators authorised in JordanF1

(1)

A Jordan vehicle—

(a)

brought temporarily into Great Britain by a Jordan operator, and

(b)

used by the operator, subject to sub-paragraph (2), for the carriage of goods—

(i)

from the United Kingdom to Jordan, or vice versa,

(ii)

through Great Britain from Jordan to a country other than the United Kingdom, or vice versa, or

(iii)

from the United Kingdom to a country other than the United Kingdom or Jordan, or vice versa, only if the carriage of goods passes through Jordan.

(2)

A Jordan vehicle which enters the United Kingdom unladen on its return to Jordan from any other country and on which the Jordan operator picks up goods in Great Britain falls within sub-paragraph (1)(b) only if permission is obtained in advance pursuant to Article 3(b) of the UK-Jordan Agreement.

(3)

In this paragraph—

  • “Jordan operator” means a person who is—

    1. (a)

      authorised under the law of Jordan to use a goods vehicle on a road for the international carriage of goods, and

    2. (b)

      not subject to a prohibition issued to the person pursuant to Article 10(2)(b) of the UK-Jordan Agreement;

  • “Jordan vehicle” means—

    1. (a)

      a motor vehicle registered in Jordan, or

    2. (b)

      a vehicle combination consisting of—

      1. (i)

        a motor vehicle registered in Jordan, and

      2. (ii)

        a trailer;

  • “the UK-Jordan Agreement” means the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the International Transport of Goods by Road done at Amman on 2nd February 1981.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 3 Pt. 3 inserted (1.10.2023) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemptions and Modifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/805), regs. 1, 7(3)