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These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes of regulation 13, on 1st April 1991, and
(b) for all other purposes, on 18th March 1991.
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The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 are hereby further amended in accordance with these Regulations.
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In regulation 3—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for the definition of “the Construction and Use Regulations” there shall be substituted ““the Construction and Use Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986”;
(ii) for the definition of “the Lighting Regulations” there shall be substituted “the Lighting Regulations” means “the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989”;
(iii) in the sub-paragraph which begins with the expression “agricultural motor vehicle”, there shall be inserted, before the expression “pedestrian controlled vehicle”, the expression “Ministry plate;” and
(iv) before the expression “designated council” and the meaning assigned to it, there shall be inserted the following—“
 “design gross weight” means—
(a) in the case of a vehicle equipped with a Ministry plate, the weight shown thereon as the design weight, or, if no weight is so shown thereon, the weight shown thereon as the weight not to be exceeded in Great Britain;
(b) in the case of a vehicle which is not equipped with a Ministry plate, but which is equipped with a plate in accordance with regulation 66 of the Construction and Use Regulations, the maximum gross weight shown on the plate in respect of item 7 of Part I of Schedule 8 to those Regulations; and
(c) in any other case, the weight which the vehicle is designed or adapted not to exceed when in normal use and travelling on a road laden;” and
(b) in paragraph (5) for the words “Regulation 3(2)” there shall be substituted the words “Regulation 3(3)”.
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In regulation 4—
(a) paragraph (1) shall be omitted;
(b) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—“
(2) The prescribed statutory requirements for the purposes of section 45(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 are—
(a) in relation to any vehicle in Class I to V, the requirements specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2,
(b) in relation to any vehicle in Class VI, the requirements specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, and
(c) in relation to any vehicle in Class VII, the requirements specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2,
and in these Regulations those requirements are referred to as “the prescribed statutory requirements”.”; and
(c) paragraph 4 shall be omitted.
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In paragraph (1) of regulation 5,
(a) in the item relating to Class IV, for the words “Classes 111, V or VI” there shall be substituted “Classes 111, V, VI or VII”; and
(b) after the item relating to Class VI there shall be inserted the following—“
 Class VII: Goods vehicles of which the design gross weight is more than 3000 kilograms but does not exceed 3500 kilograms”.
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(1) In regulation 6(1)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (v) there shall be substituted the following—“
(v) a goods vehicle, the design gross weight of which exceeds 3500 kilograms;”;
(b) for sub-paragraph (xvii) there shall be substituted the following—“
(xvii) an electrically propelled goods vehicle the design gross weight of which does not exceed 3500 kilograms;”;
(c) the word “and” immediately following sub-paragraph (xvii) shall be omitted and after sub-paragraph (xx) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—“
(xxi) a motor vehicle constructed and not merely adapted for the purpose of street cleansing or the collection or disposal of refuse or the collection or disposal of the contents of gullies and which is either—
(a) a three wheeled vehicle, or
(b) a vehicle which—
(i) is incapable by reason of its construction of exceeding a speed of 20 miles per hour on the level under its own power, or
(ii) has an inside track width of less than 810 millimetres;
(xxii) a goods vehicle, the design gross weight of which does not exceed 3500 kilograms and in respect of which a goods vehicle test certificate was issued between 1st February 1990 and 17th March 1991, while that certificate is valid; and
(xxiii) before 1st August 1991, a goods vehicle the design gross weight of which does not exceed 3500 kilograms and which is of a class specified in Schedule 2 to the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988.”.
(2) In regulation 6(3)—
(a) for the words “Provided that” there shall be substituted the following—“Provided that—
(a) in relation to a vehicle in any of Classes I to VI,” and
(b) at the end there shall be added—“and
(b) in relation to a vehicle in Class VII this Regulation does not apply in any of the following islands, namely, the Isle of Wight, the Islands of Lewis, Mainland (Orkney), Mainland (Shetland) and Skye.”
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In regulation 15—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) the word “and” shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (a);
(ii) the word “and” following sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted; and
(iii) sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (2) the words “and inspection report or card (if its issue is required by paragraph (1)(c) or (d))” and the words “and report or card”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
(c) in paragraph (3) in sub-paragraph (a)(iii) for the words “unladen weight” there shall be substituted the words “design gross weight”;
(d) in paragraph (4)—
(i) after the words “Every test certificate” there shall be inserted the word “and”;
(ii) the words “and inspection report or card” shall be omitted.
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(1) In regulation 18 (appeal on refusal of a test certificate)—
(a) in paragraph (5), sub-paragraph (b) and the word “and” which precedes it shall be omitted; and
(b) in paragraph (6)—
(i) after the words “Test certificates” there shall be inserted the word “and”;
(ii) the words “and inspection reports or cards” shall be omitted; and
(iii) in sub-paragraph (a)—(aa) for the words “notices of the refusal” there shall be substituted “or a notice of the refusal”; and(bb) the words “and an inspection report or card” shall be omitted.
(2) In regulation 22 (records to be kept and returns to be furnished by examiners and designated councils), in paragraph (4) the words “together with a copy of any inspection report or card which accompanied the same” shall be omitted.
(3) In regulation 24, in paragraph (c)—
(a) after the words “copies of test certificates” there shall be inserted the word “and”; and
(b) the words “and inspection reports and cards” shall be omitted.
(4) In regulation 25, in paragraph (1)—
(a) after the words “for use as a test certificate” there shall be inserted the word “or”; and
(b) the words “or an Inspection report or card” shall be omitted.
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In regulation 20—
(a) in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b), there shall be inserted—“(ba) in the case of a vehicle in Class VII, £18;”; and
(b) for sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (7) there shall be substituted the following—“
(c) the re-examination relates only to one or more of the requirements specifed in the following items in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2—
(i) sub-paragraph (a) (Insofar as it relates to windscreen cleaning, audible warning instruments, speed limiter and plate, lamps, rear retro reflectors and direction indicators;
(ii) items 18; 19; 20; 23 (Insofar as it relates to the spare wheel carrier and bumpers); 26, 35, 36 and 52 (insofar as they relate to markings); 45; 46; 48 and 62 (insofar as they relate to cleanliness); 63; 64; 65; 66; and 67; and
(iii) sub-paragraph (f).”
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In regulation 23(2), after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted—“(aa) £9 in the case of a Class VII vehicle”;
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For Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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Schedule 3 shall be omitted.
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In Schedule 2, as substituted by regulation 11 above,—
(a) in paragraph 1 after item 8 there shall be inserted the following item“
9 36A and 70A Speed limiter and plate”; and
(b) in paragraph 2 for the words “items 1 to 8 and 10 to 16” there shall be inserted the words “items 1 to 16”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
13th February 1991
THE SCHEDULE
Regulation 11.
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SCHEDULE 2 (see regulation 4)
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(a) The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Construction and Use Regulations:—

Item No Regulations Affecting
1 15, 16, 17 and 18 Braking
2 29 Steering
3 24, 26, 27 and 100(1) (insofar as it relates to condition of the road wheels to the extent that such condition is likely to lead to a rapid deflation of the tyres of such wheels). Tyres
4 46, 47 and 48 Seat Belts and Anchorages
5 34 Windscreen Cleaning
6 54 and 100(1) (insofar as it relates to the condition of the pipings, attachment brackets and mounting of the exhaust system) Exhaust
7 37 Audible Warning Instrument
8 22 and 100(1) (insofar as it relates to the condition of the vehicle structure, the body, the chassis, frame and any subframe or any mounting or connection or part of the suspension, to the extent that such condition may prejudice the steering, braking or seat belt mountings of the vehicle). Structure and Suspension
(b) The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Lighting Regulations:—

Item No Regulations Affecting
10 18 and 23 Front Position Lamp
11 18 and 23 Dipped Beam Headlamp
12 18 and 23 Main Beam Headlamp
13 18 and 23 Rear Position Lamp
14 18 and 23 Rear Retro Reflector
15 18 and 23 Stop Lamp
16 18 and 23 Direction Indicator
THE PRESCRIBED STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES IN CLASS VI
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(a) The requirements specified in items 1 to 8 and 10 to 16 in paragraph 1 above
(b) The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Construction and Use Regulations:—

Item No Regulations Affecting
17 25 Tyre Load Capacity
18 30 Field of Vision
19 33 Mirrors
20 35 and 36 Speedometer
21 60 Radio Interference Suppression
22 62 Closets, etc
23 100 (insofar as it relates to the question whether the particulars opposite are fitted or, as the case may be, maintained so that no danger is likely to be caused) Spare wheel carrier, means of coupling trailers, chassis, wiring, engine mounting, fuel tanks and pipes, transmission, battery, shock absorbers, bumpers, mirrors, wings and wheel arches, cab, cab steps or ring, doors, seats, driving controls and window glass.
24 109 Television sets
(c) For those vehicles certified in accordance with the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981, the requirements contained in the following provisions of those Regulations:—

Item No Regulations Affecting
25 8 Guard Rail
26 13 Fuel Tanks and Carburettors
27 14 Exhaust Pipe
28 15 Luggage Racks
29 16 Artificial Lighting
30 17 Electrical Equipment
31 18 Body
32 20 Steps, Platforms and Stairs
33 21 Number, Position and Size of Entrances and Exits
34 22 Width of Exits and Entrances
35 23 Doors
36 24 Marking, Positioning and Operation of Emergency Exits
37 25 Access to Exits
38 28 Seats
39 29 Passenger Protection
40 30 Ventilation
41 31 Driver’s Accommodation
42 32 Windscreens
43 33 Passengers' Communication with Driver
44 34 General Construction
45 35 Fire Extinguishing Apparatus
46 36 First Aid Equipment
47 38 Obstruction of Driver
48 39 Body Maintenance
49 44 Carriage of Inflammable or Dangerous Substances
(d) For minibuses of a type mentioned in regulation 41 of the Construction and Use Regulations, the following requirements specified in Schedules 6 and 7 to those Regulations:—

Item No (Schedule 6) Affecting
50 1 Exhaust Pipes
51 2 Doors
52 3 Emergency Doors
53 4 Power-operated Doors
54 5 Locks, Handles and Hinges of Doors
55 6 View of Doors
56 7 Access to Doors
57 8 Grab Handles and Hand Rails
58 9 Seats
59 10 Electrical Equipment and Wiring
60 11 Fuel Tanks
61 12 Lighting of Steps
62 13 General Construction and Maintenance

Item No (Schedule 7) Affecting
63 I Fire Extinguishing Apparatus
64 II First Aid Equipment
(e) The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Lighting Regulations:—

Item No Regulations Affecting
65 18 and 23 End Outline Marker Lamp
66 18 and 23 Rear Fog Lamp
67 18 and 23 Hazard Warning Signal Device
(f) The requirements of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation (as defined in section 85 of the 1988 Act) insofar as they relate to the installation of recording equipment and the seals to he affixed to such equipment.
THE PRESCRIBED STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES IN CLASS VII
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The requirements specified in items 1 to 8 and 10 to 16 in paragraph 1 above and in item 17 of paragraph 2 above.”