Citation, commencement and introduction

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

2.  The Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) Regulations 1981(2) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Amendment relating to recovery vehicles

3.  In Schedule 1, after entry number 5 there shall be inserted the new entry number 5A set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

4.  In Schedule 2-

(a)In Form V55-

(i)for the words "or SHOWMAN'S GOODS" there shall be substituted the words "SHOWMAN'S GOODS or RECOVERY VEHICLE"; and

(ii)after the additional declaration for a showman's goods vehicle there shall be inserted the further additional declaration set out Part I of the Second Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b)the additional declaration set out in Part II of the Second Schedule to these Regulations shall be inserted in-

(i)Form V10, after the further declaration; and

(ii)Form V70, after the declaration.

Amendment relating to trade licences

5.  In Form VTL 301 in Schedule 2-

(a)for items 8 and 9 there shall be substituted the following new items-

"8.-(a) Do you trade in, buy or sell motor vehicles?

(b)If YES

(i)how many vehicles on average do you deal with each month?

(ii)how many full time staff are engaged on this work?

9.-(a) Do you valet or fit accessories to new unregistered vehicles?

(b)If YES

(i)how many vehicles on average do you deal with each month?

(ii)how many full time staff are engaged on this work?";

(b)in item 10, for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following new paragraph-

"(a)Do you distribute, or collect and deliver, motor vehicles for the motor trade?".

6.  In Form VTL 305 in Schedule 2-

(a)for item 2 there shall be substituted-

• "I wish the licence to be for a period of 6 months

• 1 year."

(b)for the note at the end of that item there shall be substituted the following new note-

• "Note -Yearly licences start on 1st January and expire on 31st December. 6 month licences will expire on 30th June and 31st December.";

(c)in the first paragraph of item 3, for the last two sentences there shall be substituted-

• "I undertake to return the plates to the VRO if I cease to operate as a motor trader or vehicle tester. I understand that if the licence is not applied for promptly this may result in a withdrawal of my trade plate concession.".

Regulation 3

THE FIRST SCHEDULENew entry in Schedule 1 to the Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) Regulation 1981

Regulation 4

THE SECOND SCHEDULE

PART IAdditional declaration for a vehicle to be licensed as a recovery vehicle

RECOVERY VEHICLE I declare

(a)that the vehicle is constructed or permanently adapted for the purposes of lifting and towing a disabled vehicle or for any one or more of those purposes;

(b)that the vehicle does not require a goods vehicle test certificate or a plating certificate because it is a break-down vehicle as defined in regulation 3(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1982(3) as amended.

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PART II

I FURTHER DECLARE: (where appropriate)-

(a)that the vehicle is constructed or permanently adapted for the purposes of lifting and towing a disabled vehicle or for any one or more of those purposes;

(b)that the vehicle does not require a goods vehicle test certificate or a plating certificate because it is a break-down vehicle as defined in regulation 3(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1982 as amended.

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Excise) (Prescribed Particulars) Regulations 1981.

Regulations 3 and 4, with Schedules 1 and 2, make provision for the recovery vehicle class, established with effect from 1st January 1988 under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 as amended by the Finance Act 1987.

Regulations 5 and 6 make amendments to the forms of application for trade licences.