Regulation 6 Conditions of acceptance of vehicleI1
Northern Ireland
An examiner shall not be under an obligation to accept a vehicle for examination or to proceed with an examination in any case where –
the vehicle is not submitted for examination at the time fixed under these Regulations for the examination;
the applicant for the examination does not, after being requested to do so, produce the notice of appointment (if any) relating to the examination and –
in the case of a motor vehicle, either the registration document relating to the vehicle or other evidence of the date of its first registration; or
in the case of a trailer, evidence of the date of its manufacture;
the fee in respect of that examination has not been paid;
the particulars relating to the vehicle and shown in any application form relevant to that examination are found to be substantially incorrect;
the vehicle is one as respects which it has been stated in the application form that it is to be used on roads to draw a trailer and in the last notice of appointment preceding the examination it was required that the vehicle should be accompanied by a trailer which is to be so drawn, and the vehicle is not accompanied by such a trailer;
the vehicle is a trailer and is not accompanied by a motor vehicle suitable for drawing that trailer and capable of operating any braking system with which the trailer is equipped;
there is not permanently affixed to the chassis or main structure of the vehicle in a conspicuous and easily accessible position so as to be readily legible either –
in the case of a vehicle which has been registered under the 1994 Act, the chassis or serial number shown in the registration document relating to the vehicle; or
in the case of a trailer, either—
the identification mark allotted to the vehicle by the Department; or
an identification mark allotted to the vehicle by the Secretary of State for Transport;
the vehicle, or any motor vehicle by which it is accompanied, or any part of or any equipment of the vehicle is so dirty or dangerous as to make it unreasonable for the examination to be carried out in accordance with these Regulations or with any directions given under Article 68 of the 1995 Order, or the applicant for the examination does not produce any certificate required in the last notice of appointment preceding the examination, that a vehicle used for carrying toxic, corrosive or flammable loads has been properly cleaned or otherwise made safe;
an examiner is not able to complete the examination without the vehicle or, in the case of a trailer, the motor vehicle by which it is accompanied being driven and such vehicle or, as the case may be, accompanying vehicle is not provided with fuel and oil to enable it to be driven to such extent as may be necessary for the purpose of the examination;
an examiner is not able to complete the examination of a trailer unless the motor vehicle by which it is accompanied is driven on a road, and that motor vehicle cannot be so driven in compliance with section 29 of the 1994 Act because no licence under that Act is in force for such vehicle;
the vehicle or any trailer by which it is accompanied is not loaded or unloaded in the manner (if any) specified for the purposes of the examination in the last notice of appointment preceding the examination;
an examiner is not able to complete the examination due to the failure of a part of the vehicle, or of any vehicle by which it is drawn or intended to be drawn, which renders the vehicle, or any such accompanying vehicle incapable of being moved in safety under the power of the vehicle or, as the case may be, the accompanying vehicle; or
the vehicle or any motor vehicle by which it is accompanied emits substantial quantities of avoidable smoke.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Reg. 6(g)(i)(ii) substituted (6.1.2012) by The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/416), regs. 1, 2