Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 so that:—

(i)the definition of “goods vehicle” is amended so as to exclude a play bus (Regulation 3);

(ii)the provisions about the computation of time are amended so as to exclude, besides a bank holiday, any day which is a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday or Christmas Day (Regulation 5);

(iii)the specification of the Tyre Requirements is amended to take account of amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/1017) by the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/932) (Regulation 7); and

(iv)the definition of “test” for the purpose of Regulation 6 (Exemptions) is refined (Regulation 4) and a minor error is corrected (Regulation 6).