# The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981, Regulation 8B: The general authorisation conditions


The conditions referred to in regulation 8(4) are that the authorised examiner—
(a) shall comply with any limitation as to—
(i) the class of motor vehicle that may be examined;
(ii) the type of examination that may be carried out; or
(iii) the vehicle testing station at which examinations may be carried out,
to which the authorisation is expressed to be subject;
(b)unless he is himself to carry out the examination, shall not cause or permit an examination to be carried out at any vehicle testing station at which he is authorised to carry out examinations by a person other than—
(i)a nominated tester approved by the Secretary of State to carry out examinations at that testing station; or
(ii)a section 66A examiner;
(c)shall, as regards each of the vehicle testing stations at which he is authorised to carry out examinations, by electronic communication or notice to the Secretary of State, at the office of DVSA for the area in which the testing station is situated, inform the Secretary of State—
(i)of the names of the individuals who are nominated testers at that testing station; and
(ii)the name of any such individual who ceases to act in that capacity;
(d)shall ensure that every test certificate resulting from an examination carried out at any of its testing stations is signed by the person who carried out the examination or by such other person as the Secretary of State may in any particular case direct;
(e)shall ensure that every notice of the refusal of a test certificate resulting from an examination carried out at any of its testing stations is signed by the person who carried out the examination;
(f)shall comply with any direction of the Secretary of State as to the individuals by whom—
(i)examinations may not be carried out; or
(ii)test certificates or notices of the refusal of a test certificate may not be signed;
(g)shall, at each vehicle testing station at which he is authorised to carry out examinations supervise the carrying out of examinations by the nominated testers authorised to carry out examinations at that testing station;
(h)shall, subject to regulation 8F, so long as the authorisation is in force, display in a conspicuous place outside the vehicle testing station at which he is authorised to carry out examinations a sign of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 864.1 in Schedule 4 (miscellaneous informatory signs) to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002;
(i)shall, so long as the authorisation is in force, display at each vehicle testing station at which he is authorised to carry out examinations, in some conspicuous place and so as to be legible by persons submitting vehicles for examination at that testing station—
(i)the authorisation in which that testing station is specified; and
(ii)a list of the names of the individuals for the time being approved or authorised by the Secretary of State to carry out examinations at that testing station;
and
(j)after not less than three clear days' notice given to the authorised examiner by the Secretary of State, shall make available—
(i)any vehicle testing station at which he is authorised to carry out examinations; and
(ii)the apparatus at that testing station with which examinations are carried out,
for the purpose of the carrying out by a section 66A examiner of any examination or the investigation of a complaint as to the result of an examination (whether or not the examination was carried out at that testing station).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1694/regulation/8B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-tests-regulations-1981/regulation-8B
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