Regulation 9 Dates by which vehicles are to be submitted for first examinationsI1F1
England, Wales and Scotland
Every motor vehicle to which paragraph (3) F2or paragraph (3A) applies shall be submitted for a goods vehicle test on or before the appropriate day.
F3Every motor vehicle and trailer to which neither of paragraphs (3) and (3A) applies shall be submitted for both a plating examination and a goods vehicle test on or before the appropriate day.
This paragraph applies to a motor vehicle F4or trailer if the following requirements are met, namely—
a plating certificate is in force for the vehicle; and
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.
This paragraph applies to a motor vehicle or trailer for which a plating certificate is not required, in accordance with regulation 20(1A).
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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 9 substituted (5.3.1997) by The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/263), regs. 1(2), 5
- F2
Words in reg. 9(1) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/849), regs. 1, 8(a)
- F3
Words in reg. 9(2) substituted (20.5.2018) by The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/849), regs. 1, 8(b)
- F4
Words in reg. 9(3) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/849), regs. 1, 8(c)
- F5
Reg. 9(3A) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/849), regs. 1, 8(d)