Regulation 23 Issue of goods vehicle test certificates (or of notices of refusal) and particulars to be contained thereinI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Where as a result of a goods vehicle test a vehicle is found not to comply with the prescribed construction and use requirements there shall be issued a notice of the refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate, and such notice shall state the grounds of such refusal.

(2)

Where as a result of a goods vehicle test a vehicle is found to comply with the prescribed construction and use requirements a goods vehicle test certificate shall be issued as respects that vehicle and such certificate shall state the period of the validity of the certificate and that the vehicle was found to comply with the prescribed construction and use requirements.

(3)

Every notice issued under paragraph (1) and every certificate issued under paragraph (2) shall—

(a)

be signed by either the goods vehicle examiner who carried out, or under whose direction the goods vehicle test was carried out, or by a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State; and

(b)

contain—

(i)

the date on which it was issued;

(ii)

the number allotted by the Secretary of State to the vehicle testing station at which it was issued;

(iii)

in the case of a certificate or notice issued for a motor vehicle, the registration mark (if any) exhibited on the vehicle or, if no such mark is so exhibited, the chassis or serial number marked on the vehicle or, if no such number is so marked, the identification mark which shall have been allotted to the vehicle by the Secretary of State in the notice of appointment relating to the first examination of the vehicle; and

(iv)

in the case of a certificate or notice issued for a trailer, the identification mark which shall have been allotted to the trailer by the Secretary of State in the notice of appointment (if any) relating to the first examination of the trailer or shall have otherwise been allotted to the trailer by the Secretary of State under these Regulations.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 23 in force at 23.9.1988, see reg. 1

Notes on Part III

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 3 heading substituted (5.3.1997) by The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/263), regs. 1(2), 8