Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 181 (Jan)
Neutral Citation: [2009] EWHC 87 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court
Judge:

Scott Baker LJ and Maddison J
Representation Philip Rule and Castle Chambers (instructed by Elin & Co) for the appellant.
  Ethu Crorie (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the prosecution.
Judgment Dates: 23 January 2009

Catchwords

Road traffic - Motor vehicle - Special type - Appellant's vehicle fitted with, inter alia, red and blue strobe lights to front and rear and with siren - Justices convicting appellant of road traffic offence - Appellant alleging justices applying incorrect test in determining whether his vehicle was a vehicle used for ambulance purposes - Whether justices erring - Road Vehicles (Construction and Use Regulations) 1986 .

The Case

Road traffic Motor vehicle. Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court: The court ruled that the test to be applied, in determining whether a vehicle was a vehicle 'used for ambulance purposes', was whether the vehicle was used, or primarily used, for conveying the sick, the injured or disabled.

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