{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-prohibition-regulations-1992/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-prohibition-regulations-1992/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1285",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Prohibition) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-prohibition-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exemptions from section 71(1) of the 1988 Act",
  "text": "(1) The driving of a vehicle on a road—\n(a) solely for the purpose of submitting it by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date for an inspection by a vehicle examiner or authorised constable with a view to the removal of the prohibition;\n(b) solely for the purpose of submitting it by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date for an inspection by a vehicle examiner with a view to the removal of the prohibition and the issue of either a test certificate or a goods vehicle test certificate;\n(c) in the course of an inspection with a view to the removal of a prohibition; or\n(d) within 3 miles from where it is being, or has been, repaired solely for the purpose of its test or trial with a view to the removal of a prohibiton,\nis exempted from section 71(1)(a) and (b) of the 1988 Act.\n(2) Where a prohibition has been imposed with a direction under section 69A(3) of the 1988 Act, the driving of the vehicle on a road solely for the purpose of submitting it by previous arrangement at a specified time for an examination under section 45(3) of the 1988 Act with a view to obtaining a test certificate or bringing it away from such an examination is exempted from section 71(1)(a) and (b) of that Act.\n(3) Where—\n(a) a prohibition has been imposed with a direction under section 69A(3) of the 1988 Act, and\n(b) a relevant test certificate has been issued,\nthe driving of the vehicle on a road to a police station with a view to the prohibition being removed under regulation 4(3) of these Regulations is exempted from section 71(1)(a) and (b) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1285/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:22:12.795361+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."
}