Testing reminder
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Readers are reminded that goods vehicles weighing more than 30cwt but less than 3 tons unladen registered before January 1 1958 are due to be tested at Ministry stations between November 1 and the end of January next year. Applications for test have to be made to the Goods Vehicle Centre at Swansea between October 1 and December 31 this..year; A will be an offence to use any of these vehicles on the road after January 31 1969 without a plating certificate and a goods vehicle test certificate, Meanwhile, there is still the best part of a month to run for the testing and plating of pre-1958 vehicles weighing more than 3 tons unladen. Originally, applications for a test for one of these vehicles had to be made before. October 31, but the Ministry is prepared to accept less than a full month's notice for the testing of these vehicles, at least so long as an application is made by the end of the first week of November. It will be an offence to use this class of vehicle on the road after November 31 without a plating certificate and a test certificate.
The Ministry of Transport is already publishing advertisements reminding operators that the booking period for two further classes begins on November 1. Testing and plating of Scottish-based goods vehicles registered before January 1 1958 and exceeding 3 tons unladen Js due to start on December 1 and finish on January 31; applications in respect of these vehicles must be made to the Goods Vehicle Centre 191-92 The Strand, Swansea) between November 1 and December 31. Drawbar trailers weighing more than 1 ton unladen and semi-trailers of articulated vehicles. manufactured before January 1 1959 and based in England, Scotland or Wales are also due to be tested between December 1 and January 31 next year and for them, too, test applications should be made between November 1 and December 31 this year.