Road Traffic Act 1988

[F1 F1 64A Failure to hold EC certificate of conformity for unregistered light passenger vehicle E+W+S

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5) below, if a person uses on a road a light passenger vehicle—

(a) which has not been registered-

(i) under [F2 section 21 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994], or

(ii) under the law of a member State other than the United Kingdom, and

(b) in respect of which no EC certificate of conformity has effect,

he is guilty of an offence.

(2) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section in respect of the use of a vehicle if he proves—

(a) that the vehicle was one in respect of which the grant of a licence under [F3 the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994] was not prohibited by regulation 10 of the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992, or

(b) in the case of a vehicle in respect of which duty is not chargeable under that Act, that the vehicle was one whose registration under [F4 section 21] of that Act was not prohibited by that regulation.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to a vehicle in respect of which a Minister’s approval certificate issued under section 58(1) of this Act or a Department’s approval certificate issued under Article 31A(4) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 has effect.

(4) This section does not apply to the use of a vehicle under a trade licence (within the meaning of [F5 the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994]) in accordance with regulations made under [F6 section 12(2)] of that Act.

(5) This section does not apply in relation to a vehicle brought temporarily into Great Britain by a person resident outside the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 64A inserted (1.1.1993 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.1.1996) by S.I. 1992/3107, regs. 1(2), 16, Sch. 2 para. 2.

F2 Words in s. 64A(1)(a)(i) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 24(3)(a) (with s. 57(4))

F3 Words in s. 64A(2)(a) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 24(3)(b)(i) (with s. 57(4))

F4 Words in s. 64A(2)(b) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 24(3)(b)(ii) (with s. 57(4))

F5 Words in s. 64A(4) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 24(3)(c)(i) (with s. 57(4))

F6 Words in s. 64A(4) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 24(3)(c)(ii) (with s. 57(4))