SCHEDULE 7 RECOVERY VEHICLES: PRESCRIBED PURPOSES

Regulation 45

PART IPurposes prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 5(3)(e) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act

1

Carrying any person who, immediately before the vehicle became disabled was the driver of, or a passenger in that vehicle, together with his personal effects, from the premises at which the vehicle is to be repaired or scrapped to his original intended destination.

2

1

At the request of a constable or a local authority empowered by or under statute to remove a vehicle from a road, removing such a vehicle to a place nominated by the constable or local authority.

2

In sub-paragraph (1) “road” has the meaning given—

a

in relation to England, Scotland or Wales by section 192 of the 1988 Act; and

b

in relation to Northern Ireland by Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

3

Proceeding to a place at which the vehicle will be available for use for a purpose specified in paragraph 5(3)(a) or (b) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act and remaining temporarily at such a place so as to be available for such use.

4

Proceeding from—

a

a place where the vehicle has remained temporarily so as to be available for such use;

b

a place where the vehicle has recovered a disabled vehicle; or

c

such premises as are mentioned in paragraph 5(3)(b) or (c) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act.

PART IIPurposes Prescribed for the Purposes of Paragraph 5(4)(c) of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act

5

Repairing a disabled vehicle at the place where it became disabled or to which it has been moved in the interests of safety after becoming disabled.

6

Drawing or carrying a single trailer if another vehicle had become disabled whilst drawing or carrying it.