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Timestamp: 2016-02-10 04:36:10
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Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"	Part IE+W+S General Construction and useE+W+S8 Construction and use of vehicles.E+W+S(1)At the beginning of Part II of the M1Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted—
“ Using vehicle in dangerous conditionE+W+S40A Using vehicle in dangerous condition etc.A person is guilty of an offence if he uses, or causes or permits another to use, a motor vehicle or trailer on a road when—
“41A Breach of requirement as to brakes, steering-gear or tyres.A person who—
41B Breach of requirement as to weight: goods and passenger vehicles.(1)A person who—
42 Breach of other construction and use requirements.A person who—
Annotations:Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 8 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM11988 c. 52. 9 Vehicle examiners.E+W+S(1)Section 7 of the M2Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and section 68(1) and (2) of the M3Road Traffic Act 1988 (which provide for the appointment of certifying officers, public service vehicle examiners and examiners of goods vehicles) shall cease to have effect, and after section 66 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted—
“ Vehicle examinersE+W+S66A Appointment of examiners.(1)The Secretary of State shall appoint such examiners as he considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out the functions conferred on them by this Part of this Act, the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, the Transport Act 1968 and any other enactment.
Annotations:Commencement InformationI1S. 9 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM21981 c. 14. M31988 c. 52. 10 Testing vehicles on roads.E+W+S(1)Section 67 of the M4Road Traffic Act 1988 (tests on roads to ascertain compliance with certain requirements) shall be amended as follows.
(4)In subsection (4)(b) for “68(1)” there shall be substituted “ 66A ”.
(5)In subsection (4)(e) for the words “under instructions of the” there shall be substituted the words “ on behalf of a ”.
Annotations:Commencement InformationI2S. 10 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM41988 c. 52. 11 Inspection of vehicles.E+W+SSubsections (1) to (2) of section 8 of the M5Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (inspection of public service vehicles) shall cease to have effect, and for section 68 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (inspection of goods vehicles) there shall be substituted—
“ Inspection of public passenger vehicles and goods vehiclesE+W+S68 Inspection of public passenger vehicles and goods vehicles.(1)A vehicle examiner—
but subsection (1)(b) above shall not apply in relation to vehicles within paragraph (c) above or in relation to vehicles used to carry passengers for hire or reward only under permits granted under section 19 or 22 of the Transport Act 1985 (use of vehicles by educational and other bodies or in providing community bus services).”
Annotations:Commencement InformationI3S. 11 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM51981 c. 14. 12 Power to prohibit driving of unfit vehicles.E+W+SSection 9 of the M6Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (unfit public service vehicles) shall cease to have effect, and for section 69 of the M7Road Traffic Act 1988 (unfit goods vehicles) there shall be substituted—
“ Prohibition of unfit vehiclesE+W+S69 Power to prohibit driving of unfit vehicles.(1)If on any inspection of a vehicle under section 41, 45, 49, 61, 67, 68 or 77 of this Act it appears to a vehicle examiner that owing to any defects in the vehicle it is, or is likely to become, unfit for service, he may prohibit the driving of the vehicle on a road—
69A Prohibitions conditional on inspection etc.(1)Where it appears to the person imposing a prohibition under section 69 of this Act that the vehicle is adapted to carry more than eight passengers, or is a public service vehicle not so adapted, the prohibition may be imposed with a direction making it irremovable unless and until the vehicle has been inspected at an official PSV testing station within the meaning of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.
(3)Where it appears to that person that the vehicle is one to which section 47 of this Act applies, or would apply if the vehicle had been registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 more than three years earlier, the prohibition may be imposed with a direction making it irremovable unless and until the vehicle has been inspected, and a test certificate issued, under section 45 of this Act.
Annotations:Commencement InformationI4S. 12 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM61981 c. 14. M71988 c. 52. 13 Power to prohibit driving of overloaded vehicles.E+W+S(1)Section 70 of the M8Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.
(a)after the words “where a goods vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “ , or a motor vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers, ”;
(b)for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”;
(c)at the end there shall be added the words “ or that by reason of excessive overall weight or excessive axle weight on any axle driving the vehicle would involve a danger of injury to any person ”.
(a)for “69(2)” there shall be substituted “ 69(6) ”;
(b)after the words “that limit” there shall be inserted the words “ or, as the case may be, so that it is no longer excessive ”.
(4)In subsection (4), for the words “a goods vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ a vehicle examiner ”.
Annotations:Commencement InformationI5S. 13 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM81988 c. 52. 14 Unfit and overloaded vehicles: offences.E+W+SFor section 71 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be substituted—
Annotations:Commencement InformationI6S. 14 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.15 Removal of prohibitions.E+W+S(1)For section 72 of the M9Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be substituted—
“72 Removal of prohibitions.(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, a prohibition under section 69 or 70 of this Act may be removed by any vehicle examiner or authorised constable if he is satisfied that the vehicle is fit for service.
72A Official testing stations.The Secretary of State may provide and maintain stations (in this Part of this Act referred to as “official testing stations”) where inspections of goods vehicles for the purposes of section 72 may be carried out and may provide and maintain the apparatus for carrying out such inspections.”
Annotations:Commencement InformationI7S. 15 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM91988 c. 52. 16 Supply of unroadworthy vehicles etc.E+W+S(1)Section 75 of the M10Road Traffic Act 1988 (vehicles not to be sold in unroadworthy condition or altered so as to be unroadworthy) shall be amended as follows.
“(a) ”, and at the end there shall be added the words
Annotations:Commencement InformationI8S. 16 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 84 and S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Marginal CitationsM101988 c. 52.