The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995

PART I

1.  Any tractor as defined in paragraph 4(3) of Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (as originally enacted) while being used for one or more of the purposes specified in Part II of this Schedule.

2.  A dual-purpose vehicle and any trailer drawn by it.

3.  A vehicle used on a road only in passing from private premises to other private premises in the immediate neighbourhood belonging (except in the case of a vehicle so used only in connection with excavation or demolition) to the same person, provided that the distance travelled on a road by any such vehicle does not exceed in the aggregate 9.654 kilometres, (6 miles), in any one week.

4.  A motor vehicle constructed or adapted primarily for the carriage of passengers and their effects, and any trailer drawn by it, while being so used.

5.  A vehicle which is being used for funerals.

6.  A vehicle which is being used for police, fire brigade or ambulance purposes.

7.  A vehicle which is being used for fire-fighting or rescue operations at mines.

8.  A vehicle on which no permanent body has been constructed, which is being used only for carrying burden which either is carried solely for the purpose of test or trial, or consists of articles and equipment which will form part of the completed vehicle when the body is constructed.

9.  A vehicle which is being used under a trade licence.

10.  A vehicle in the service of a visiting force or of a headquarters.

11.  A vehicle used by or under the control of Her Majesty’s United Kingdom forces.

12.  A trailer not constructed primarily for the carriage of goods but which is being used incidentally for that purpose in connection with the construction, maintenance or repair of roads.

13.  A road roller and any trailer drawn by it.

14.  A vehicle while being used under the direction of HM Coastguard or of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for the carriage of life-boats, life-saving appliances or crew.

15.  A vehicle fitted with a machine, appliance, apparatus or other contrivance which is a permanent or essentially permanent fixture, provided that the only goods carried on the vehicle are—

(a) required for use in connection with the machine, appliance, apparatus or contrivance or the running of the vehicle;

(b) to be mixed by the machine, appliance, apparatus or contrivance with other goods not carried on the vehicle on a road in order to thrash, grade, clean or chemically treat grain;

(c) to be mixed by the machine, appliance, apparatus or contrivance with other goods not carried on the vehicle in order to make fodder for animals; or

(d) mud or other matter swept up from the surface of a road by the use of the machine, appliance, apparatus or other contrivance.

16.  A vehicle while being used by a local authority for the purposes of the enactments relating to weights and measures or the sale of food and drugs.

17.  A vehicle while being used by a local authority in the discharge of any function conferred on or exercisable by that authority under Regulations made under the Civil Defence Act 1948(1).

18.  A steam-propelled vehicle.

19.  A tower wagon or trailer drawn thereby, provided that the only goods carried on the trailer are goods required for use in connection with the work on which the tower wagon is ordinarily used as such.

20.  A vehicle while being used for the carriage of goods within an aerodrome within the meaning of section 105(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982(2).

21.  An electrically propelled vehicle.

22.  A showman’s goods vehicle and any trailer drawn thereby.

23.  A vehicle permitted to carry out cabotage in the United Kingdom under Community Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3118/93 dated 25 October 1993(3) laying down conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services within a Member State.

24.  A goods vehicle first used before 1 January 1977 which has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525 kilograms and for which the maximum gross weight, as shown on a plate affixed to the vehicle by virtue of regulation 66 of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 or any provision which that regulation replaced, exceeds 3500 kilograms but does not exceed 3556.21 kilograms (3½ tons).

25.  A vehicle while being used by a highway authority for the purposes of section 196 the Road Traffic Act 1988(4).

26.  A vehicle being held ready for use in an emergency by an undertaking for the supply of water, electricity, gas or telephone services.

27.  A recovery vehicle.

28.  A vehicle which is being used for snow clearing, or for the distribution of grit, salt or other materials on frosted, icebound or snow-covered roads or for going to or from the place where it is to be used for the said purposes or for any other purpose directly connected with those purposes.

29.  A vehicle proceeding to or from a station provided by the Secretary of State under section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for the purposes of an examination of that vehicle under that section provided that—

(a) the only load being carried is a load required for the purposes of the examination; and

(b) it is being carried at the request of the Secretary of State.

(1)

1948 c. 5, (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6).

(2)

1982 c. 16.

(3)

O.J. No L279, 12.11.93, p1.

(4)

1988 c. 52; to which there are amendments not relevant to this provision.