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9 Vehicle examiners.E+W+S

(1)Section 7 of the M1Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and section 68(1) and (2) of the M2Road Traffic Act 1988 (which provide for the appointment of certifying officers, public service vehicle examiners and examiners of goods vehicles) shall cease to have effect, and after section 66 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted—

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66A Appointment of examiners.

(1)The Secretary of State shall appoint such examiners as he considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out the functions conferred on them by this Part of this Act, the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, the Transport Act 1968 and any other enactment.

(2)An examiner appointed under this section shall act under the general directions of the Secretary of State.

(3)In this Part of this Act “vehicle examiner” means an examiner appointed under this section.”

(2)Any reference in any Act, or in any instrument made under any Act, to a certifying officer or public service vehicle examiner appointed under the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 or to an examiner appointed under section 68(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 shall, so far as may be appropriate in consequence of the preceding provisions of this section, be construed as a reference to an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.