The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995. Schedule 3 specifies classes of vehicles the use of which is exempted from the requirement to hold an operator’s licence under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995.

Regulation 2(2) inserts an exemption for vehicles used in Great Britain for cabotage operations carried out over a 14-day period. The exemption is limited to carriage between the date of commencement and 30th April 2022. The exemption is in addition to that available under paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 for cabotage operation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market. The obligations on the haulier are substantially the same except that during the prescribed period the haulier is not subject to a limit on the number of cabotage operations or unloadings that may be conducted.

Regulation 3 amends Regulation 7 of Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 2016 so that the exemption under Regulation 7 is extended to hauliers established in non-Member states who are carrying out cabotage operations.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.