Part 1: Haulage Policy Background Section 1: International road transport permits
Section 1 provides for the Secretary of State to make regulations to prohibit the use of a goods vehicle registered in the UK on international journeys unless an international road transport permit is carried on the vehicle and all the conditions of that permit are complied with.
	Subsection (2) allows for a permit to take various forms, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
	Subsection (3) specifies that this prohibition can apply to specific journeys or vehicles.
	Subsection (4) defines "relevant international agreement" as an agreement relating to a country outside the UK, other than Ireland, to which the UK is a party and which relates to the transport of goods by road to, in or through a country outside the UK. In relation to Ireland, a relevant international agreement is an agreement to which the UK is a party, which relates to the transport of goods by road to, in or through Ireland and which the Secretary of State has certified as an agreement to which the Government of Ireland consents. The decision in relation to whether or not to certify that the Government of Ireland consents is for the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State certifies that an international agreement is one to which the Government of Ireland consents in circumstances where there has been no such consent, he will be acting ultra vires. The Act caters for scenarios arising as a result of international agreements which are bilateral, such as agreements between the UK and Ireland, and multi-lateral, such as UK-EU agreements.