# The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 1996, Regulation 3: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995;
“Euro V standards on emissions” means the emissions limit values set out in row B2 and row C of each of the tables in Section 6.2.1 of Annex I to Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 28 September 2005;
“Euro VI standards on emissions” means the emissions limit values set out in Annex I to Regulation 595/2009 of the European Parliament and Council of 18 June 2009 as amended;
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“foreign goods vehicle” means a goods vehicle—
(a)which is operated by a person who is not established in the United Kingdom and has been brought temporarily into Great Britain;
(b)which is not being used for international carriage by a haulier who is established in a Member State other than the United Kingdom;
(c)which is engaged in carrying goods by road on a journey some part of which has taken place, or will take place, outside the United Kingdom; and
(d)which, (except in the case of use in a cabotage operation permitted under Regulation (EC) No. 1072/2009) , is not used at any time during the said journey for the carriage of goods loaded at one place in the United Kingdom and delivered at another place in the United Kingdom;
“international carriage” has the meaning which it bears in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No. 1072/2009;
“loading” includes attaching to a drawing vehicle a trailer which has been loaded with goods before it is so attached, and “loaded” shall be construed accordingly;
“Northern Ireland goods vehicles” means a goods vehicle of which the operating centre is in Northern Ireland and—
(a)which has been brought temporarily into Great Britain;
(b)which is not being used for international carriage by a haulier who is established in Northern Ireland and is not established in Great Britain;
(c)which is engaged in carrying goods by road on a journey some part of which has taken place, or will take place, outside Great Britain; and
(d)which—
(i)in the case of a motor vehicle, is registered in Northern Ireland or Great Britain; or
(ii)in the case of a trailer, is drawn in Great Britain only by a motor vehicle which is a Northern Ireland goods vehicle; ...
“Regulation (EC) No. 1072/2009” means Regulation (EC) No. 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21st October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market; and
“relief vehicle” means a vehicle used for transporting goods which is sent to replace a vehicle which has broken down, and which continues the haul under cover of the licence, permit, or other document issued for the vehicle which has broken down.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—
(a) the permissible laden weight and the permissible pay load of a vehicle shall be determined by reference to the law of the country where the vehicle is registered or, in the case of a trailer which is not registered, by reference to the law of the country where the drawing vehicle is registered; and
(b) a combination of a motor vehicle drawing a trailer shall be treated, for the purpose of determining the permissible laden weight or the permissible pay load, as the case may be, as a single vehicle.
(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2186/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-temporary-use-in-great-britain-regulations-1996/regulation-3
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