Road Traffic Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force— a for all purposes except those of regulation 2(4) and (5) on 1st April 2010; b for the purposes of regulation 2(4) on 14th May 2010; c for the purposes of regulation 2(5) on 4th December 2011; 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 . Amendments to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 2 1 The principal Regulations are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 3(2), after the definition of “keeper”, there is inserted— “ interim licence ” means a licence issued under section 24; “ interim direction ” means a direction given by a traffic commissioner pursuant to section 25; . 3 In regulation 23— a in paragraph (2)(a), after “licence;” “and” is omitted; b in paragraph (2)(b), for “national transport operations only.”, there is substituted “national transport operations only;”; c after paragraph (2)(b), there is inserted— c where applicable, that the vehicle is being used under an interim licence, or pursuant to an interim direction, and in such a case, the date the interim licence was issued or the interim direction was given; and d subject to paragraph (5)(b), the date on which the disc expires under paragraph (5)(a). d after paragraph (4), there is inserted— 5 a Subject to paragraph (b) and without prejudice to regulation 28, a disc will expire at the end of the last day of the month in which the continuation fee for a licence falls due. b Neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (2)(d) apply where a disc is issued under an interim licence or pursuant to an interim direction. 6 For the purposes of paragraph (5)(a)— a “ continuation fee ” means the fee numbered (iii) as specified in the Schedule to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) Regulations 1995 ; and b the month in which such a fee falls due is determined in accordance with that Schedule. . 4 In Part I of Schedule 3, for paragraph 23 there is substituted: 23 A vehicle which is being used to carry out a cabotage operation consisting of national carriage for hire or reward on a temporary basis in the United Kingdom in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3118/1993 laying down conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services within a Member State as it has effect with Regulation (EC) No. 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market. . 5 In Part I of Schedule 3, for paragraph 23 as substituted by paragraph (4) there is substituted: 23 A vehicle which is being used to carry out a cabotage operation consisting of national carriage for hire or reward on a temporary basis in the United Kingdom in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No.1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market. . 6 The references in paragraph (3) to regulation 23(2) of the principal Regulations do not apply to the provision substituted in relation to certain goods vehicles by Part II of Schedule 6 to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 1996 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Clark Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 23rd February 2010