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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Self-contained motor vehicles - Certification authorities - Self-containment certification authority may issue, renew, or revoke certificate of self-containment

87U: Self-containment certification authority may issue certificate of self-containment

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"Getting a certificate to prove your vehicle has a toilet and meets self-containment rules"

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You can apply to a self-containment certification authority for a certificate of self-containment for your motor vehicle. The authority will then decide whether to accept or decline your application. If they accept it, they will arrange for an inspector to check your vehicle and make sure it meets certain requirements, including having a permanently fixed and usable toilet, and paying any required levy as prescribed by regulations, before issuing a certificate of self-containment, as outlined in regulations and notices issued by the Board under section 87F. You need to meet certain conditions to get the certificate, including having a vehicle that is equipped with a toilet and meets self-containment requirements. The authority will consider the inspection findings and issue the certificate if they are satisfied with the specified matters.

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Part 2ASelf-contained motor vehicles
Certification authorities: Self-containment certification authority may issue, renew, or revoke certificate of self-containment

87USelf-containment certification authority may issue certificate of self-containment

  1. A person may apply to a self-containment certification authority for a certificate of self-containment for a motor vehicle.

  2. The self-containment certification authority may accept or decline the application.

  3. If the self-containment certification authority accepts the application, it must—

  4. arrange for a motor vehicle inspector appointed by the authority to carry out a motor vehicle inspection of the vehicle; and
    1. ensure that the inspection is carried out in accordance with requirements prescribed by regulations, and by notices issued by the Board under section 87F; and
      1. consider the findings of the inspection; and
        1. issue a certificate of self-containment if it is satisfied of the specified matters.

          1. In this section, the specified matters are that—

          2. the vehicle is equipped with a toilet that is—
            1. permanently fixed to the vehicle; and
              1. usable within the vehicle; and
              2. the vehicle meets the requirements for self-containment prescribed by regulations; and
                1. the person applying for the certificate has paid any required levy prescribed by regulations.

                  Notes
                  • Section 87U: inserted, on , by section 48 of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).