Paragraph 2 Modifications to section 5 (vehicles authorised to be used under operator’s licence)F1

Section 5 of the 1995 Act has effect as if—

(a)

for subsection (1) there were substituted—

“(1)
Subject to the following provisions of this section, the vehicles authorised to be used under an operator’s licence are—
(a)
any motor vehicle—
(i)
in the lawful possession of the licence-holder, and
(ii)
specified in the licence;
(b)
any trailer in the lawful possession of the licence-holder.”;

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

in paragraph (a) for “no motor vehicle, or no trailer,” there were substituted “no trailer”;

(ii)

after paragraph (a) there were inserted—

“(aa)
that no trailer of a type specified in the licence is authorised to be used under it; or”;

(iii)

at the end of paragraph (b) “; or” were omitted;

(iv)

paragraph (c) were omitted;

(F2ba)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

“motor vehicle or” were omitted;

(ii)

“motor vehicles or” were omitted;

(c)

paragraphs (4) to (7) were omitted.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3A inserted (1.10.2023) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemptions and Modifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/805), regs. 1, 8
F2: Sch. 3A(2)(ba) inserted (19.8.2024) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators and International Road Transport Permits) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/830), regs. 1(1), 2(3)