nIf I buy an electrically operated mobile crane does it
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have to be plated and does the driver need an hgv licence?
A An electrically operated mobile crane does not have to be plated and tested. Mobile cranes are exempt under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations, and electrically propelled vehicles are exempt under paragraph 10.
Drivers of mobile cranes are not specifically exempted from the hgv driving licence requirements, but drivers of vehicles taxed at £5 under Schedule 3 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 are. This should be £6.65 as amended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year in his annual budget.
In that Schedule a mobile crane is defined as "a vehicle designed and constructed as a mobile crane which (a) is used on public roads only either as a crane in connection with work being carried out on a site in the immediate vicinity or for the purpose of proceeding to or from a place where it is to be used as a crane and (b) when so proceeding neither carries nor hauls any load other than is necessary for its propulsion or equipment."
If your vehicle falls within this description it can be taxed at £6.65 a year and the driver will not need an hgv licence.