S.L. 65.15 Art. 16Requirement as to vehicles submitted for testing.

An operator shall not carry out a test of a motor vehicle where -

(a) on the submission of the vehicle for a test, the applicant does not, after being requested to do so, produce the vehicle registration document relating to the vehicle, or produces a vehicle registration document the details of which do not comply with the correct details of the vehicle submitted for testing;

(b) the vehicle or any part thereof or any of its equipment is so dirty as to make it difficult for the test to be carried out in accordance with the provisions of these regulations;

(c) the tester is not able, with the facilities and apparatus available to him at the place at which the test would otherwise be carried out, to complete the test without the vehicle being driven and the vehicle is not, when submitted for testing, fit to be driven to such extent as may be necessary for the purposes of the carrying out of the test; and

(d) before the carrying out of a test of a motor vehicle any items which are in the vehicle, and are not part of its equipment or accessories, are required by the tester or by the inspector to be removed from the vehicle or to be secured in such manner as he may think necessary, and the items are not so removed or secured accordingly.