{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-certificates-of-temporary-exemption-regulations-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-certificates-of-temporary-exemption-regulations-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/812",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Certificates of Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-certificates-of-temporary-exemption-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;\n“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995;\n“certificate of temporary exemption” means a certificate issued by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 4;\n“examination”, in relation to—\n(a) a public service vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers, means an examination carried out in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981;\n(b) a goods vehicle, means an examination carried out in accordance with the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988;\n“operator’s licence” means a licence granted under section 14 of the 1981 Act or section 13 of the 1995 Act;\n“relevant provision”, in relation to—\n(a) a public service vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers, means section 47(1) of the 1988 Act;\n(b) a goods vehicle, means section 53(1) or (2) of the 1988 Act;\n“relevant vehicle” means a public service vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers or a goods vehicle;\n“traffic commissioner” means a traffic commissioner appointed under section 4 of the 1981 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 14 (“the 1981 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1694. Section 85 of the 1988 Act provides that “public service vehicle” has the same meaning in Part II of that Act as in the 1981 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1478. “Goods vehicle” is defined in section 192(1) of the 1988 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 14 was substituted by S.I. 2011/2632, regulation 7(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 13 was substituted by S.I. 2011/2632, regulation 8(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 4 was substituted by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), section 3(2), and amended by the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), sections 2 and 3(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/812/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:19.445484+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."
}