Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

Fire engines etc. U.K.

4 (1) A fire engine is an exempt vehicle.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “fire engine” means a vehicle which—

(a) is constructed or adapted for use for the purpose of fire fighting or salvage (or both), and

(b) is used solely for the purposes of a fire brigade (whether or not one maintained under the M1 Fire Services Act 1947 or the M2 Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984).

Marginal Citations

M1 1947 c. 41.

M2 S.I. 1984/1821 (N.I.11).

5 A vehicle which is kept by a fire authority is an exempt vehicle when it is being used or kept on a road for the purposes of the authority’s fire brigade service.