Road Traffic Act 1991

10 Testing vehicles on roads

(1) Section 67 of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988 (tests on roads to ascertain compliance with certain requirements) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a) ascertaining whether the following requirements, namely—

(i) the construction and use requirements, and

(ii) the requirement that the condition of the vehicle is not such that its use on a road would involve a danger of injury to any person,

are complied with as respects the vehicle;”.

(3) For subsection (2) there shall be substituted—

“(2) For the purpose of testing a vehicle under this section the examiner—

(a) may require the driver to comply with his reasonable instructions, and

(b) may drive the vehicle.”

(4) In subsection (4)(b) for “68(1)” there shall be substituted “66A”.

(5) In subsection (4)(e) for the words “under instructions of the” there shall be substituted the words “on behalf of a”.