Regulation 10 Dates by which vehicles are to be submitted for periodical testsI1F1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where a goods vehicle test certificate for a vehicle is issued on an examination, the vehicle shall be submitted for a further examination before the certificate expires.
Where a goods vehicle test certificate for a vehicle is refused on an examination, the vehicle shall be submitted for a further examination—
if one goods vehicle certificate is in force for the vehicle at the time of the refusal, before the expiration of the certificate;
if more than one goods vehicle certificate is in force for the vehicle at the time of the refusal, before the expiration of the last of those certificates to have been issued; or
in any other case, on or before the appropriate day or before the vehicle is used on a road (whichever is the later).
Paragraphs (1) and (2) and regulation 11 shall not prevent the Secretary of State authorising the submission of a vehicle for a periodical test after the date by which the vehicle is required by those provisions to be submitted for a periodical test.
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Reg. 10 substituted (5.3.1997) by The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/263), regs. 1(2), 6