
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 29th November 1988.
2 
The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations (1981) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3 
In regulation 5(3) —
(a) for sub-paragraph (a), there shall be substituted —“
(a) section 23(7) of the Transport Act 1985a bus being used to provide a community bus service),”; and
(b) after paragraph (b) there shall be added —“or
(c) section 21(2) of the Transport Act 1985 (a small bus used under a permit granted under section 19 of that Act).”.
4 
In regulation 11(1)(a) for the words “inspection check lists” there shall be substituted “inspection reports, inspection cards”.
5 
In regulation 15(1) for sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs —-“
(c) in the case of a vehicle not in Class VI, in the event that -
(i) either a notice of refusal of a test certificate is issued, or
(ii) a test certificate is issued but they consider that the applicant who submitted the vehicle for examination should be informed of a defect in the vehicle,issue an inspection report on a form approved by the Secretary of State marked “VT30M” in the case of a Class I or II vehicle, or on a form so approved marked “VT30” in the case of a Class III, IV or V vehicle; and
(d) in the case of a Class VI vehicle issue an inspection card on a form approved by the Secretary of State marked “VTP30”.”.
6 
In regulation 15(2) —
(a) for the words “inspection check list” whenever they occur there shall be substituted “inspection report or card (if its issue is required by paragraph (1) (c) or (d))”; and
(b) for the word “list” whenever it occurs (other than as part of the expression “inspection check list”) there shall be substituted “report or card”.
7 
In regulation 15(4) for the words “inspection check list” there shall be substituted “inspection report or card”.
8 
In regulation 18(5)(b) for the words “an inspection check list” there shall be substituted “an inspection report or card (if its issue would have been required by regulation 15(1)(c) or (d))”.
9 
In regulation 18(6) —
(a) for the words “inspection check lists” there shall be substituted “inspection reports or cards”; and
(b) in paragraph (a) for the words “an inspection check list” there shall be substituted “an inspection report or card”.
10 
In regulation 22(4) for the words “the inspection check list which accompanied the same” there shall be substituted “any inspection report or card which accompanied the same”.
11 
In regulation 24(c) for the words “inspection check lists” there shall be substituted “inspection reports or cards”.
12 
In regulation 25(1) for the words “an inspection check list” there shall be substituted “an inspection report or card”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Peter Bottomley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
1st November 1988