Section 5 — Authorisation requirements and conditions

(1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, impose requirements (“authorisation requirements”) that must be met—

(a) for a vehicle to be authorised under section 3 (“initial authorisation requirements”), or

(b) as a condition of a vehicle remaining authorised (“ongoing authorisation requirements”).

(2) Ongoing authorisation requirements may include a requirement for compliance with any conditions that the Secretary of State attaches to an individual authorisation (“authorisation conditions”).

(3) Authorisation conditions may relate to anything to which authorisation requirements may relate.

(4) A duty in relation to the imposition of authorisation requirements may be met (in whole or in part) by means of an authorisation requirement of the sort described in subsection (2) in combination with authorisation conditions.