SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5 Minor and Consequential Amendments
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)
C123
In section 82 of that Act (general interpretation provisions)—
a
in subsection (1), after the definition of “prescribed” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“prescribed testing authority” means such person authorised by the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 to carry on a vehicle testing business within the meaning of Part II of that Act as may be prescribed
b
the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—
1A
References in any provision of this Act to an authorised inspector are references to an authorised inspector under section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 and, where the function to which that provision relates is one of those specified in section 9 of that Act (testing and surveillance functions), are limited to an authorised inspector authorised under section 8 to exercise that function.