Regulation 6

After regulation 34 (Classes of vehicle for which a licence is not required) there shall be inserted the following regulation:—

“34A

Notwithstanding section 60(1), before the consultations referred to in Article 2(2) of the 1974 Council Directive are completed a licensing authority for any area may, for the purpose of enabling an emergency to be dealt with or otherwise enabling a special need to be met, by notice in writing grant a temporary exemption from the requirement for a standard licence for the use of a vehicle, or a vehicle of any class, for hire or reward on national transport operations by a person engaged exclusively in such operations having only a minor impact on the transport market because of the nature of the goods carried or the short distance involved.”