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2004 No. 462

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

  Made 26th February 2004 
  Laid before Parliament 27th February 2004 
  Coming into force 19th March 2004 

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 57(1), (6), (7) and (8) of the Goods Vehicle (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995[1], and after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 57(12) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 19th March 2004.

Amendment of the principal Regulations
    
2.  - (1) The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 1996[2] are amended as follows.

    (2) In regulations 4, 5, 6 and 7, for "regulations 8 to 30", substitute "regulations 8 to 30E".

    (3) In regulation 31, for "regulations 4 to 30", substitute "regulations 4 to 30E".

    (4) For regulation 13 (exemption for Czech goods vehicles), substitute - 

    (5) For regulation 25 (exemption for Slovak goods vehicles) substitute - 

    (6) After regulation 30, insert - 

    (7) In Schedule 2, after paragraph 30 insert - 



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State


David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport

26th February 2004



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 1996 (the "Principal Regulations").

Regulation 2 modifies the requirements of The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 ("the 1995 Act") and the Principal Regulations as to operator's licences for certain foreign goods vehicle operations.

An exemption from the requirement in section 2(1) of the 1995 Act to obtain an operator's licence is provided for the following goods vehicles: Macedonian (new regulation 30A), Moldovan (new regulation 30B), Croatian (new regulation 30D) and Slovenian (new regulation 30E).

A new regulation 13 of the Principal Regulations is substituted which requires goods vehicles registered in the Czech Republic to be owned or operated by a carrier authorised to engage in the international carriage of goods under the laws of the Czech Republic in order to qualify for the exemption from section 2(1) of the 1995 Act. A similar amendment is made to regulation 25 of the Principal Regulations, regarding Slovak goods vehicles. In addition, if a permit has been granted by the Secretary of State, a goods vehicles registered in the Czech Republic, and operated by a carrier authorised in the Czech Republic, is permitted to carry goods from one place in the United Kingdom to another place in the United Kingdom (i.e. undertake cabotage).

An exemption from the requirement in section 2(1) of the 1995 Act to obtain an operator's licence is provided for Georgian goods vehicles in the circumstances set out in new regulation 30C(2). Regulation 2(7) adds two new categories of goods to Schedule 2 of the Principal Regulations relating to this exemption. In other circumstances, Georgian goods vehicles are granted an exemption from the requirements of section 2(1) of the 1995 Act only when a permit has been granted by the Secretary of State.


Notes:

[1] 1995 c. 23.back

[2] S.I. 1996/2186.back

[3] Cm. 4287.back

[4] Cm. 5479.back

[5] Cm. 3484.back

[6] Cm. 3488back

[7] Cm. 4016.back

[8] Cm. 4834.back

[9] Cm. 4835.back



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Prepared 4 March 2004


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