Exemption for foreign goods vehicles [F1being used to carry out Community [F2and other] cabotage operations] and for Northern Ireland goods vehicles carrying goods in Great Britain or between Northern Ireland and Great BritainE+W+S

7.[F3(1) Notwithstanding anything in [F4regulations 8 to 30N], section 2(1) of the Act shall not apply in the case of a foreign goods vehicle being used to carry out a cabotage operation consisting of national carriage for hire or reward on a temporary basis in Great Britain in accordance with the provisions of [F5Regulation (EC) No. 1072/2009].]

(2) Section 2(1) of the Act shall not apply to the use in Great Britain of a Northern Ireland goods vehicle for the carriage of goods between places of loading or unloading in Great Britain or between one such place in Northern Ireland and another such place in Great Britain.

[F6(3) Section 2(1) of the Act shall not apply to the use of a foreign goods vehicle in Great Britain where that vehicle is being used in Great Britain to carry out a cabotage operation—

(a)which consists of national carriage for hire or reward by a haulier;

(b)where the vehicle has entered the United Kingdom lawfully in the course of a laden international road transport and no more than 14 days has elapsed beginning with the day on which the vehicle arrived in the United Kingdom in the course of that laden journey; and

(c)the vehicle is being used at any time during the period beginning with 28th October 2021and ending with 30th April 2022.]