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Q Does an electrically propelled mobile crane have to he
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plated and tested and does the driver need a heavy goods vehicle driving licence?
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 of A the Goods vehicle (Plating and Testing) Regulations exempts mobile cranes from plating and testing. Moreover, paragraph 10 exempts electrically propelled vehicles. Your vehicle is exempt on both counts. There is no exemption from the heavy goods vehicle drivers' licensing requirements for drivers of mobile cranes, as such. However, Section 112 (4) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 exempts drivers of vehicles taxed at £5 under Schedule 3 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971.
In that Schedule a mobile crane is defined as "a vehicle designed and constructed as a mobile crane which (a) is used on public roads only either as a crane in connection with work being carried out on a site in the immediate vicinity or for the purpose of proceeding to or from a place where it is to be used as a crane; and (b) when so proceeding neither carries nor hauls any load other than such as is necessary for its propulsion or equipment".
• If your vehicle and its use falls within the definition given, it can be taxed at £5 a year and the driver does not need an hgv driving licence.