PART II E+W+S General Provisions Relating to Public Service Vehicles

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Fitness of public service vehiclesE+W+S

10 Approval of type vehicle and effect thereof.E+W+S

(1)Where the Secretary of State [F1or the prescribed testing authority] is satisfied in respect of one vehicle of a particular type that the prescribed conditions as to fitness are fulfilled in respect of the vehicle [F2he][F2the Secretary of State or that authority] may, on payment of the prescribed fee, approve the vehicle as a type vehicle.

(2)Where a type vehicle has been approved under this section and a declaration in the prescribed form has been made by a person authorised by the Secretary of State [F3or the prescribed testing authority] in that behalf that any other vehicle conforms in design, construction and equipment with the type vehicle, the certifying officer [F4or an authorised inspector] may, after examining if he thinks fit that other vehicle, issue a certificate in the prescribed form that the vehicle conforms to the type vehicle.

(3)[F5The Secretary of State may at any time withdraw his approval of a type vehicle][F5Approval of a type vehicle (whether given by the Secretary of State or the prescribed testing authority) may at any time be withdrawn by either of them] and thereafter no certificate that any other vehicle conforms to the type vehicle shall be issued; but as regards any such certificate previously issued, the withdrawal of the approval shall not affect the operation of that certificate for the purposes of section 6 of this Act.

[F6(4)Regulations may make provision with respect to—

(a)the examination of vehicles for the purposes of this section by or under the direction of authorised inspectors;

(b)the approval of vehicles as type vehicles by the prescribed testing authority on such examinations, or the withdrawal of such approval by that authority on such examinations;

(c)the issue or refusal of certificates under subsection (2) above by authorised inspectors; and

(d)the authorisation by the prescribed testing authority of persons to make declarations under subsection (2) above.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words inserted (prosp.) by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), ss. 11(1)(a), 76(2)

F2Words “the Secretary of State or that authority” substituted (prosp.) for “he” by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), ss. 11(1)(b), 76(2)

F3Words inserted (prosp.) by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), ss. 11(1)(a), 76(2)

F5Words beginning “Approval of a type vehicle” substituted (prosp.) for “The Secretary of State” by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), ss. 11(1)(c), 76(2)

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