The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995

[F1 Vehicles used by operators authorised in Kyrgyzstan E+W+S

50.— (1) A Kyrgyzstan vehicle—

(a) brought temporarily into Great Britain by a Kyrgyzstan operator,

(b) used by the operator for the international carriage of goods on a journey that is not from the United Kingdom to a country other than Kyrgyzstan, or vice versa, and

(c) which is—

(i) a vehicle used for recovery,

(ii) a vehicle used by the operator for the carriage only of one or more of the goods listed in sub-paragraph (2), or

(iii) a vehicle used by the operator for the carriage of goods under a permit issued to the operator pursuant to Article 5 or Article 7 of the UK-USSR Agreement, if the driver of the vehicle is carrying the permit.

(2) The goods are—

(a) a broken-down or damaged goods vehicle or passenger vehicle;

(b) goods dispatched to a country—

(i) to be exhausted through use for a film, radio or television production, an exhibition, a fair, or a sports event, or

(ii) to be used temporarily for a film, radio or television production, an exhibition, a fair, or a sports event, before being removed from that country to any other country;

(c) postal packets;

(d) the remains of a deceased individual.

(3) A Kyrgyzstan vehicle—

(a) brought temporarily into Great Britain by a Kyrgyzstan operator,

(b) used by the operator for the international carriage of goods on a journey that is from the United Kingdom to a country other than Kyrgyzstan, or vice versa,

(c) used by the operator for the carriage of goods under a special permit issued to the operator pursuant to Article 9(2) of the UK-USSR Agreement, and

(d) on which the driver of the vehicle is carrying the permit.

(4) In this paragraph—

“Kyrgyzstan operator” means a person who is—

(a)

authorised under the law of Kyrgyzstan to use a goods vehicle on a road for the international carriage of goods, and

(b)

not subject to a withdrawal issued to the person pursuant to Article 20(c) of the UK-USSR Agreement;

“Kyrgyzstan vehicle” means—

(a)

a motor vehicle registered in Kyrgyzstan, or

(b)

a vehicle combination consisting of—

(i)

a motor vehicle registered in Kyrgyzstan, and

(ii)

a trailer.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 Pt. 3 inserted (1.10.2023) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemptions and Modifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/805), regs. 1, 7(3)