{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driver-testing-and-vehicle-load-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1753",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driver Testing and Vehicle Load) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driver-testing-and-vehicle-load-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nMade 11th July 2013\nLaid before Parliament 16th July 2013\nComing into force 15th August 2013\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(3) and (4) and 105(1) and (3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, sections 2(2)(d) and 57(1), (7), and (8) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978.\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation and supervision of the qualifications and working conditions of persons engaged in road transport.\nRepresentative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and section 57(12) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 52. Relevant amendments to section 89(3) were made by section 36(1) and (2)(a) of the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49). Relevant amendments to section 89(4) were made by section 36(1) and (3)(a) and (b) of the Road Safety Act 2006. See section 108 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. There are other amendments to section 89(3) and (4) and to section 105 that are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 58 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; relevant amendments to section 2 were made by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3(3) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1978 c.30. Section 14A was inserted by sections 59(1) and (2) and 103 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/1707."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1753/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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