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Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 32 Cited in Amendments 44 Related
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2018 c. 19
Year2018
the use of that vehicle in that country is authorised by (and takes place in accordance with) a permit granted by the Secretary of State, andthe permit is carried on the vehicle.may be in any form the Secretary of State considers appropriate;may be in any language the Secretary of State considers appropriate;may be a document or other thing which was given to the Secretary of State by an authority in a country outside the United Kingdom.to journeys of a specified description,to vehicles of a specified description, orin any other way provided for by the regulations;to which the United Kingdom is a party, andwhich relates to the transport of goods by road to, in or through the country;to which the United Kingdom is a party,which the Secretary of State has certified as an agreement to which the Government of Ireland has consented, andwhich relates to the transport of goods by road to, in or through Ireland.(5) In this Part—
  • “goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 which (alone or in combination with one or more other vehicles drawn by it) is constructed or adapted to carry or to haul goods or burden of any description;
  • “motor vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle which is intended or adapted for use on roads;
  • “operator”, in relation to a goods vehicle, means—
    • (a) the driver of the vehicle, if the vehicle belongs to the driver or is in the driver's possession under an agreement for hire or hire-purchase, or a loan;
    • (b) in any other case, the person whose employee or agent the driver is;
  • “regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State.
for the number of permits available for a country to be determined in accordance with a relevant international agreement in relation to that country;for the number of permits available in respect of a class of applicants to be determined by the Secretary of State;as to how the Secretary of State is to decide whether to grant an application for a permit, including provision specifying criteria or other methods of selection (which may include first come, first served or an element of random selection) ;for a number of permits determined by the Secretary of State to be available for grant in cases in which the Secretary of State considers it inappropriate for provision made under paragraph (c) to be applied, for example because of an emergency or other special need.authorising the Secretary of State to grant a permit subject to conditions determined by the Secretary of State;as to the consequences of failure to comply with a condition (for example, provision for the cancellation of a permit) ;about the duration, variation, renewal or cancellation of a permit;when an application is to be made, or that the time when an application is to be made is to be determined by the Secretary of State;how an application is to be made;what an application is to contain.(3) In this section “relevant international agreement” has the meaning given by section 1(4) .(1) Regulations may authorise the Secretary of State to grant a temporary exemption from a prohibition imposed by regulations under section 1(1) , for the purpose of enabling an emergency or some other special need to be dealt with.giving a notice in writing to the operator to whom it relates, orpublishing a notice specifying the class of operators to whom it relates.the vehicle or class of vehicles to which it relates;the journeys to which it relates.to vary or cancel an international road transport permit;as to the conditions subject to which an international road transport permit is granted.(2) The regulations may provide for an appeal to be made to a court or tribunal.an application for an international road transport permit, or for the variation or renewal of an international road transport permit;the grant, variation or renewal of an international road transport permit.provide that anything for which a fee is payable is conditional on payment of the fee;make provision about repayment of fees charged under the regulations, for example where an application for the grant, variation or renewal of a permit is unsuccessful.that the vehicle is being used on a journey to which regulations under section 1(1) apply, orthe vehicle is being used on a journey to a place outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of beginning another journey, andregulations under section 1(1) would apply to that other journey.require the driver to produce any international road transport permit that is carried on the vehicle and allow the examiner to inspect and copy it;inspect the vehicle for

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