{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1694",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Application for approval as nominated tester or inspector or authorisation as authorised examiner",
  "text": "(1) An application by—\n(a) an individual nominated by an authorised examiner, for approval as a nominated tester;\n(b) an individual, for approval as an inspector; or\n(c) a person, for authorisation as an authorised examiner,\nshall be made on a form supplied or approved by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The application shall be signed—\n(a) where the applicant is a partnership or company, by a person duly authorised in that behalf;\n(b) in any other case, by the applicant; and\n(c) where it relates to approval as a nominated tester, also—\n(i) by the authorised examiner by whom the applicant is nominated; or\n(ii) where that authorised examiner is a partnership or company, by a person duly authorised in that behalf.\n(3) The application shall be sent to the Secretary of State at such office of DVSA as he may direct.\n(4) Where—\n(a) a person who wishes to apply for authorisation as an authorised examiner proposes to carry out examinations at more than one place; and\n(b) the Secretary of State so requires,\nthe applicant shall make such additional applications as the Secretary of State may, by notice to the applicant, require.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 (regs. 7, 7A, 8, 8A-8F, 9-11) substituted for Pt. 2 (regs. 7-11) (1.6.2003) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1113), regs. 1(1), 5, Sch. (with regs. 1(3), 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 7(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Driving Standards Agency and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Merger) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/480), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1694/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:30:17.123448+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}