320 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if a tractor and trailer must undergo a test. [15217/04]

321 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if there are circumstances in which a tractor and trailer, under eight metres in length, must undergo a test. [15218/04]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 and 321 together.

The classes of vehicles liable for vehicle testing are set out in the First Schedule to the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations 1991. Agricultural tractors do not come within their scope. The regulations apply to buses, ambulances and motor vehicles and trailers that are used for the carriage of goods. They only apply where a trailer has a design gross vehicle weight exceeding 3,500 kg or an unladen weight exceeding 1,524 kg. A trailer that is designed and used primarily for agricultural work and is used on a public road only incidentally does not come within the scope of the regulations.