Regulation 8E The designation conditionsF1

The conditions referred to in regulation 8(6) are that the council—

• to which the designation is expressed to be subject;

  1. (b)

     shall not cause or permit examinations to be carried out at any of their vehicle testing stations—

     1. (i)

        by a person other than an inspector or a section 66A examiner; or

     2. (ii)

        unless at least one individual (who may be an inspector), employed by the council, has completed a course of instruction in the functions of designated councils under these Regulations, provided under section 45(6A) of the 1988 Act;

  2. (c)

     shall, as regards each of their vehicle testing stations, by electronic communication or notice to the Secretary of State, at the office of F2DVSA for the area in which the testing station is situated, inform the Secretary of State—

     1. (i)

        of the names of the inspectors appointed by the council to carry out examinations at that testing station; and

     2. (ii)

        of the revocation of the appointment of any such inspector;

  3. (d)

     shall secure that every test certificate resulting from an examination carried out at any of their 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;

  4. (e)

     shall secure that every notice of the refusal of a test certificate resulting from an examination carried out at any of their testing stations is signed by the person who carried out the examination;

  5. (f)

     shall comply with any direction of the Secretary of State as to the individuals by whom—

     1. (i)

        examinations may not be carried out; or

     2. (ii)

        test certificates or notices of the refusal of a test certificate may not be signed;

  6. (g)

     shall, subject to regulation 8F, so long as the designation remains in force, display in a conspicuous place outside the vehicle testing station to which the designation relates, 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;

  7. (h)

     shall, so long as the designation remains in force, display at each vehicle testing station to which the designation relates, in some conspicuous place and so as to be legible by persons submitting vehicles for examinations at that testing station—

     1. (i)

        the designation in which that testing station is specified; and

     2. (ii)

        a list of the names of the inspectors for the time being approved by the Secretary of State to carry out examinations at that testing station; and

  8. (i)

     after not less than three clear days' notice given to the council by the Secretary of State, shall make available—

     1. (i)

        any vehicle testing station to which their designation relates; and

     2. (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).