(1) Sections 374, 375 and 377, subsections (2) and (3) of section 378 and section 379 shall not apply where a vehicle is provided or hired, wholly or mainly, for the purpose of hire to or the carriage of members of the public in the ordinary course of trade.
(2) Sections 374 and 375, subsections (2) and (3) of section 378 and section 379 shall not apply in relation to a vehicle provided by a person who is a manufacturer of a vehicle to which this Part applies, or of parts or accessories for such a vehicle, if the person shows that the vehicle was provided solely for the purpose of testing the vehicle or parts or accessories for such vehicle; but, if during the period of 5 years beginning with the time when the vehicle was provided, such person puts it to any substantial extent to a use which does not serve that purpose only, this subsection shall be deemed not to have applied in relation to the vehicle.
(a) Subject to Chapter 5 of Part 41A, assessments may, as necessary, be made or
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