Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 (“the 1981 Regulations”) to enable vehicles manufactured before 1st January 1960 to be used on the roads without a MoT test certificate. Article 4(2) of Directive 2009/40/EC (OJ L141, 6.6.2009, p.12) allows Member States to exempt such vehicles from roadworthiness testing.

Regulation 3 introduces a new exemption in regulation 6 of the 1981 Regulations, which exempts vehicles manufactured before 1st January 1960 from the requirement for such vehicles to have a MoT test certificate.

An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on the UK legislation website, www.legislation.gov.uk.

A copy of Directive 2009/40/EC may be downloaded without charge from EUR-Lex, the European Law website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm).