{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981/regulation-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981/regulation-7A.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/7A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": "Application for designation",
  "text": "(1) An application by a council for designation for the purposes of sections 45 and 46 of the 1988 Act shall be made on a form supplied or approved by the Secretary of State, and shall be signed by the proper officer.\n(2) The application shall be sent to the Secretary of State at the office of DVSA for the area which includes that of the council by which the application is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "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. 7A(2) 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(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1694/regulation/7A",
    "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."
}