Paragraph 6

(1)

Paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to that Act (vehicles which are exempt from vehicle excise duty: vehicle testing etc.) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

in paragraph (a) after “compulsory test” there shall be inserted “ , a vehicle identity check ”; and

(b)

in paragraph (b) after “test” there shall be inserted “ or check ”.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)

after “weight test,” there shall be inserted “ or a vehicle identity check or ”; and

(b)

in paragraphs (a) and (b) after “test”, in each place where it appears, there shall be inserted “ , check ”.

(4)

After sub-paragraph (6) there shall be inserted—

“(6ZA)
In this paragraph “a vehicle identity check” means any examination of a vehicle for which provision is made by regulations made by virtue of section 22A(2) of this Act.”

(5)

In sub-paragraph (6B) after “compulsory test” there shall be inserted “ , a vehicle identity check ”.

(6)

In sub-paragraph (7), at the end of paragraph (c) and before the word “and” there shall be inserted—

“(ca)
in the case of an examination of a vehicle for which provision is made by regulations made by virtue of section 22A(2) of this Act, the Secretary of State or a person authorised by him to carry out the examination;”.