Part 2: Other measures relating to business Goods, passenger and public service vehicles Section 13: Certificates of temporary exemption for public service vehicles and goods vehicles
Section 13 amends provisions in the Road Traffic Act 1988 relating to the issue of certificates of temporary exemption to public service vehicles adapted to carry more than eight passengers and goods vehicles.
	Section 13(2) sets out that the Secretary of State may make regulations in connection with the issue of a certificate of temporary exemption in respect of a public service vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers, as well as the revocation of such a certificate. It further explicitly sets out powers to:
make provision for a certificate of temporary exemption to be issued subject to conditions
make different provision for different circumstances or cases
confer functions on a person (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion).
	Section 13(3) and Section 13(4) set out analogous provisions in respect of goods vehicles.
	These amendments broaden the powers of the Secretary of State as compared to the current legislation, introducing
an explicit power to revoke certificates of temporary exemption
an explicit power to make differing provisions for different circumstances or cases
an explicit ability to confer functions involving the exercise of discretion.
	The effect of these amendments is to allow regulations to be made with regard to differential treatment of vehicles on the basis of road safety risk.