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<p>In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them—</p>
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“<term refersTo="#d002" eId="d002">the 1972 Act</term>
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“<term refersTo="#d003" eId="d003">the 1981 Act</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d003">the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;</def>
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<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-736b122ee2cbebad11955795337ab484-1628689247565" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-736b122ee2cbebad11955795337ab484">Construction and Use Regulations</ins>
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<abbr title="Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1796)">
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, “<term refersTo="#d006" eId="d006">articulated bus</term>
”, “<term refersTo="#d006" eId="d006">articulated vehicle</term>
”, “<term refersTo="#d006" eId="d006">dual-purpose vehicle</term>
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“<term refersTo="#d006" eId="d006">pedestrian controlled vehicle</term>
”, “<term refersTo="#d006" eId="d006">track laying</term>
” and “<term refersTo="#d006" eId="d006">works truck</term>
” <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d006">have the meanings given by Regulation 3(1) of the Construction and Use Regulations</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d007" eId="d007">authorisation</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d007">any authorisation in writing by the Secretary of State of an individual, persons in partnership, or a company to carry out examinations of such classes of motor vehicles as may be specified therein;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d008" eId="d008">company</term>
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<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4-1628690253146" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4">
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<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4-1628690253146" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4">in the case of a vehicle equipped with a Ministry plate, the weight shown thereon as the design weight, or, if no weight is so shown thereon, the weight shown thereon as the weight not to be exceeded in Great Britain;</ins>
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<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4-1628690253146" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4">in the case of a vehicle which is not equipped with a Ministry plate, but which is equipped with a plate in accordance with regulation 66 of the Construction and Use Regulations, the maximum gross weight shown on the plate in respect of item 7 of Part I of Schedule 8 to those Regulations; and</ins>
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<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4-1628690253146" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6ed0394f23df4e8d6b1ac4bddccedfe4">in any other case, the weight which the vehicle is designed or adapted not to exceed when in normal use and travelling on a road laden;</ins>
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“<term refersTo="#d009" eId="d009">designated council</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d009">any council designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 43 being the council of a county, of a district or London Borough or (in Scotland) of a region or of an islands area, or the Greater London Council or the Common Council of the City of London;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d010" eId="d010">examination</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d010">an examination of a motor vehicle for the purposes of section 43;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d011" eId="d011">examiner</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d011">an individual, persons in partnership, or a company authorised by the Secretary of State in accordance with these Regulations to carry out examinations;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d012" eId="d012">firm</term>
” <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d012">has the meaning given by section 4 of the Partnership Act 1890;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d013" eId="d013">goods vehicle</term>
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“<term refersTo="#d014" eId="d014">goods vehicle testing station</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d014">a station at which a goods vehicle test (as defined in section 45(2)) may be carried out;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d015" eId="d015">large passenger-carrying vehicle</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d015">a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry more than twelve seated passengers in addition to the driver, and which is not a public service vehicle;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d016" eId="d016">light motor bicycle</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d016">a motor bicycle of which the cylinder capacity of the engine does not exceed 200 cubic centimetres;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d017" eId="d017">light motor vehicle</term>
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a motor vehicle with three <noteRef href="#key-925db177255aed7c283f8a1a9d827f90" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
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“<term refersTo="#d018" eId="d018">living van</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d018">a vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or not, which is used as living accommodation by one or more persons, and which is also used for the carriage of goods or burden which are not needed by such one or more persons for the purpose of their residence in the vehicle;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d019" eId="d019">Ministry Inspector</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d019">any certifying officer or public service vehicle examiner appointed under section 56(1) and any examiner appointed under section 7 of the 1981 Act;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d020" eId="d020">motor bicycle</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d020">a two wheeled motor cycle, whether having a sidecar attached to it or not;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d021" eId="d021">motor caravan</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d021">a motor vehicle (not being a living van) which is constructed or adapted for the carriage of passengers and their effects and which contains, as permanently installed equipment, the facilities which are reasonably necessary for enabling the vehicle to provide mobile living accommodation for its users;</def>
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“<term refersTo="#d022" eId="d022">normal working week</term>
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<p>in relation to an examiner, the times of the week which in the application of that examiner to the Secretary of State for an authorisation are specified as the times of the week during which that examiner will accept vehicles for examination or such other times of the week as may subsequently be substituted for times so specified by the examiner with the consent of the Secretary of State;</p>
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<p>in relation to a designated council, the times of the week notified to the Secretary of State by that council as the times of the week during which they will accept vehicles for examination; and</p>
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in relation to the Secretary of State, the times of the week during which at any vehicle testing station of the Secretary of State he will accept vehicles for examination;<def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d022"/>
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“<term refersTo="#d023" eId="d023">public service vehicle</term>
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“<term refersTo="#d024" eId="d024">the prescribed statutory requirements</term>
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“<term refersTo="#d025" eId="d025">serial number</term>
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“<term refersTo="#d026" eId="d026">traffic area</term>
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“<term refersTo="#d028" eId="d028">vehicle testing station</term>
” means <def ukl:Name="Definition" ukl:TermRef="d028">premises at which the Secretary of State has authorised an examiner to carry out examinations or premises provided by a designated council or the Secretary of State for carrying out examinations.</def>
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