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The conditions for General and Limited Trade Licences under the Finance Act, 1922.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\1\ scan0180 | |
| Date | 1st December 1922 guessed | |
| R.F. 72A. Issued by the Ministry of Transport. FINANCE ACT, 1922. General Trade Licences and Limited Trade Licences issuable to manufacturers or repairers of, or dealers in mechanically-propelled vehicles under the provisions of Section 15 of the Finance Act, 1922. The conditions under which Trade Licences may be issued and used are laid down in the Road Vehicles (Trade Licences) Regulations, 1922. The purposes for which vehicles may be used under the two classes of licence are given in the following extracts from the above Regulations. Extracts from the Road Vehicles (Trade Licences) Regulations, 1922. General Trade Licences. 3. The following set of Regulations shall apply to General Trade Licences, that is to say :— Article D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}—(i) A General Trade Licence shall not be used upon any vehicle other than a vehicle which is in the possession of the holder of such licence in the course of his business as a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically-propelled vehicles. (ii) A General Trade Licence shall not at any time be used upon a vehicle which is being used for the conveyance of passengers for profit or reward. (iv) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Article a vehicle may be used upon a public road under a General Trade Licence for any purpose connected with the business as a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically-propelled vehicles of the holder of such licence and so long as such vehicle is bonâ fide being used for such purpose the holder of the licence shall not by reason only that some other or further use is being made of the vehicle be deemed to commit a breach of these Regulations. Limited Trade Licences. 4. The following set of Regulations shall apply to Limited Trade Licences, that is to say :— Article B.—(i) Subject to the observance and fulfilment of the provisos hereinafter contained the holder of a Limited Trade Licence may use any vehicle for which such licence is appropriate on a public road under that licence for any one or more of the following purposes :— (1) For test or trial in the ordinary course of construction or repair or immediately after completion in either such case. (2) For proceeding to or from a public weighbridge for ascertaining its unladen weight or to or from any place for its registration or inspection by a Council. (3) For test or trial for the benefit of a prospective purchaser; for proceeding at the instance of a prospective purchaser to any place for the purpose of such test or trial; or for returning after such test or trial. (4) For delivering the vehicle to the place where the purchaser intends to keep it. (5) For delivering a vehicle from his premises to the premises of another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically-propelled vehicles or removing a vehicle from the premises of another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically-propelled vehicles direct to his own premises. (6) For proceeding to or returning from a workshop in which a body is to be or has been fitted to the vehicle or the vehicle is to be or has been painted or repaired. (7) For towing a vehicle which, while being driven upon a public road, has become unable to proceed under its own power, from the place where it has broken down to a place for repair or storage. [P.T.O.] | ||