References: Times 11-Jul-1996, [1997] RTR 102
Ratio: A lorry used for delivering skips was not used for refuse collection and was subject to the tachograph regime. The providing of skips for rubbish was a purely commercial enterprise not carried out for a public authority.
Statutes: Transport Act 1968 97(1)(a)(iii)
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Vehicle Inspectorate v Bruce Cook Road Planing Ltd and Another HL (Times 26-Oct-99, Gazette 03-Nov-99, House of Lords, House of Lords, Bailii, [1999] UKHL 34, [1999] 4 All ER 761, [1999] 1 1907)
The transport of motorway maintenance vehicles and plant to and from sites on the back of a low loader is not sufficiently closely connected with the use of such machines on the motorways, to attract exemption as for such use from the general . .
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