Classification of Vehicles and Application of RegulationsE+W+S
5.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations motor vehicles to which they apply are classified as follows:—
| Class I: | Light motor bicycles |
| [F1Class II: | motor bicycles] |
| [F1Class III: | Light motor vehicles other than motor bicycles ] |
| Class IV: | Motor cars and heavy motor cars not being vehicles within [F2Classes 111, V, VI or VII] |
| Class V: | [F3(a)Large passenger-carrying vehicles, (b)Public service vehicles which are— (i)of a type specified in paragraph (3), and (ii)constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 seated passengers, and (c)Play buses] |
| Class VI: | Public service vehicles other than those of a type specified in paragraph (3) |
| [F4Class VII: | Goods vehicles of which the design gross weight is more than 3000 kilograms but does not exceed 3500 kilograms] |
and (except where otherwise provided in these Regulations) any reference in these Regulations to a class of vehicles shall be construed accordingly.
(2) Save as provided in Regulation 6, these Regulations apply to every vehicle of a class specified in paragraph (1).
(3) The public service vehicles mentioned in paragraph (1) as included in Class V are public service vehicles [F5which may lawfully be used on a road in the absence of a certificate of initial fitness by virtue of —]
(a)[F6section 23(7) of the Transport Act 1985] (a bus being used to provide a community bus service), or
(b)section 46 of the 1981 Act (a school bus belonging to a local education authority and being used to provide free school transport and carrying as fare-paying passengers persons other than those for whom the free school transport is provided, and a school bus being used, when it is not being used to provide free school transport, to provide a local bus service).
[F7or (c) section 21(2) of the Transport Act 1985 (a small bus operating under a permit granted under section 19 of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (15.7.1982) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/814), regs. 1, 3
F2Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (18.3.1991) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/253), regs. 1(b), 5(a)
F3Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (30.8.1984) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/1126), regs. 1, 3(a)
F4Words in reg. 5(1) inserted (18.3.1991) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/253), regs. 1(b), 5(b)
F5Words in reg. 5(3) substituted (30.8.1984) by The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/1126), regs. 1, 3(b)
F6Words in reg. 5(3)(a) substituted (20.10.1986) by The Transport Act 1985 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1794), reg. 6
F7Reg. 5(3)(c) and word added (14.7.1987) by The Transport Act 1985 (Commencement No.7) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/1228), reg. 3
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.1981, see reg. 1