The Deregulation (Motor Vehicles Tests) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/1700
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Motor Vehicles Tests) Order 1996.

(2) This Order shall come into force at the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which it is made.

(3) In this Order “the 1988 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Section 2 Early issue of test certificates

(1) Section 48 of the 1988 Act (tests certificate: dates of issue and expiry etc. ) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(1A) A test certificate issued in respect of a vehicle within the period of one month ending immediately before the date on which section 47 of this Act first applies to the vehicle shall be treated for the purposes of that section as if issued at the end of that period.

(3) In subsection (5) (which adapts provisions of the section in relation to public service vehicles adapted to carry more than eight passengers) in paragraph (a) (which substitutes two months for one month)—

(a) after “subsections” there shall be inserted “(1A),”, and

(b) for “both places” there shall be substituted “each place”.