The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

32.—(1) Regulation 48 (Exempted goods and military vehicles) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (h), for “six miles” there shall be substituted “9.7 kilometres”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (o), the words “large goods” shall be omitted.

(3) In paragraph (3), for the definitions of “public road”, “road construction vehicle” and “road construction machinery”, there shall be substituted—

““public road” has the same meaning as in section 62(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994;

“road construction machinery” means a machine or device suitable for use for the construction and repair of roads and used for no purpose other than the construction and repair of roads; and

“road construction vehicle” means a vehicle which—

(a)

is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of road construction machinery which is built in as part of, or permanently attached to, that vehicle, and

(b)

is not constructed or adapted for the conveyance of any other load except articles and materials used for the purposes of such machinery.”.