{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-regulations-1995/schedule-3A/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-regulations-1995/schedule-3A/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2869",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Modifications to Part 7 (other matters)",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 23 (identification of motor vehicles) has effect as if—\n(a) for paragraph (2) there were substituted—\n“(2) The disc shall clearly indicate, by colour or other means—\n(a) whether a vehicle is being used under a standard licence or under a restricted licence,\n(b) that the vehicle may not be used for national transport operations, and\n(c) the date on which the disc expires.”;\n(b) paragraphs (5) and (6) were omitted.\n(2) Regulation 26 (production of licence for examination) has effect as if for paragraph (1) there were substituted—\n“(1) If requested by an officer or a police constable, the holder of an operator’s licence must produce the licence for inspection at a place specified by the officer or police constable.”.\n(3) Regulation 28 (return of licences and discs) has effect as if—\n(a) paragraphs (2) and (5) were omitted;\n(b) in paragraph (3) “, or if a traffic commissioner has given a direction in respect of a licence under section 26(2),” were omitted.\n(4) Regulation 29 (partnerships) has effect as if paragraphs (1), (3), (4), (5), (7) and (12) were omitted.\n(5) Regulation 30 (holding companies and subsidiaries) has effect as if—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “section 17(1)(a)” there were substituted “section 17(3)(a)”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2) for “section 17(1)(b)” there were substituted “section 17(3)(b)”;\n(c) sub-paragraph (5) were omitted.\n(6) Regulation 31 (continuance of licence on death, bankruptcy etc) has no effect.\n(7) Regulation 32 (offences) has effect as if “, 28(2)” were omitted.\n(8) Regulation 33 (classes of vehicle for which a licence is not required) has effect as if, in paragraph (2), for the words “on a plate affixed to the vehicle by virtue of regulation 66 of those Regulations” there were substituted “in accordance with the law of the country in which the international operator has an effective and stable establishment”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2869/schedule/3A/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:53.159459+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}