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UK Law Reference
All sections of Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018
2018 c. 19, s.21

Section 21 — Trailer safety: testing regulations

This version in force from 2018-07-19

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) Regulations may provide for periodic testing of the construction, condition or safety of relevant trailers.

(2) The regulations may amend provision made by or under Part 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

(3) The regulations may, in making consequential or other provision as mentioned in section 25(1)(a), amend any Act (whenever passed or made).

(4) No regulations under this section may be made before the report is laid before Parliament under section 20.

(5) In this section, “relevant trailers” has the meaning given by section 20(4).