Regulation 5 Regulation 9 (dates by which vehicles are to be submitted for first examination)

For regulation 9 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“9

(1)

Every motor vehicle to which paragraph (3) applies shall be submitted for a goods vehicle test on or before the appropriate day.

(2)

Every motor vehicle to which paragraph (3) does not apply and every trailer shall be submitted for both a plating examination and a goods vehicle test on or before the appropriate day.

(3)

This paragraph applies to a motor vehicle if the following requirements are met, namely—

(a)

a plating certificate is in force for the vehicle; and

(b)

that plating certificate is a certificate of conformity or a Minister’s approval certificate that is treated as a plating certificate by virtue of section 59(4) of the 1988 Act.

(4)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not prevent the Secretary of State authorising the submission of a vehicle for a first examination after the date by which the vehicle is required by those paragraphs to be submitted for first examination.”