Regulation 3

After regulation 6A (Exemption for foreign goods vehicles with Community cabotage authorisations) there shall be inserted the following regulation:—

“Exemption for Albanian goods vehicles

6B

(1)

In this regulation—

• “Albanian goods vehicle” means a foreign goods vehicle which is owned or operated by a person who is authorised under the law of the Republic of Albania to engage in the international carriage of goods by road for hire or reward or on his own account and which, in the case of a motor vehicle, is registered in the Republic of Albania; and

• “relevant date” means the date on which the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Albania on international road transport signed on 9th February 1993^f1 comes into force, which date shall be notified in the London Gazette.

(2)

On and after the relevant date, section 60(1) of the Act shall not apply to the use in Great Britain of an Albanian goods vehicle for the carriage of any goods.”