Deregulation (Motor Vehicles Tests) Order 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/1700 |
1996 No. 1700
DEREGULATION
The Deregulation (Motor Vehicles Tests) Order 1996
Made 17th June 1996
Coming into force 1st July 1996
Whereas:
(a) the Secretary of State is of the opinion that certain provisions of the Road Traffic Act 19881impose burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending or repealing the provisions concerned and by making certain other provision it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens without removing any necessary protection;
(b) he has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;
(c) it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;
(d) a document setting out the Secretary of State’s proposals has been laid before Parliament as required by section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19942and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;
(e) the Secretary of State has had regard to the representations made during that period;
(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of those representations and the change to the Secretary of State’s proposals in the light of those representations; and
(g) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(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.
Early issue of test certificates
2.—(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...
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