The Filament Lamps for Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 1982

Statutory Instruments

1982 No. 444

CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Filament Lamps for Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 1982

Made

24th March 1982

Laid before Parliament in draft

Coming into Operation

24th September 1982

Whereas the Secretary of State has, in accordance with the provisions of section 1(4) of the Consumer Safety Act 1978, consulted with such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, the Health and Safety Commission and such other persons as he considers appropriate:

And whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the said Act and now vested in him(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Filament Lamps for Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 1982.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the expiry of a period of six months beginning on the day on which these Regulations are made.

2.—(1) No person shall supply, offer to supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any filament lamp of a type to which an ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in an item in column 2 of the Table below applies unless it is marked with the marking designated as an 0approval mark by the provisions in the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979(2) mentioned in relation to that item in column 3 of that Table.

TABLE

1	2	3
Item No.	ECE Regulation or Community Instrument	Provisions in the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979
1	ECE Regulation No. 2	Regulation 4 and item 2 or 2A in Schedule 2.
2	ECE Regulation No. 8	Regulation 4 and item 8 in Schedule 2.
3	ECE Regulation No. 20	Regulation 4 and item 20 in Schedule 2.
4	ECE Regulation No. 37	Regulation 4 and item 37 or 37A in Schedule 2.
5	Council Directive 76/761/EEC of 27th July 1976	Regulation 5 and item 18 in Schedule 4.

(2) In this Regulation “ECE Regulation” has the meaning given in Regulation 3(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979.

3.  The prohibition specified in Regulation 2(1) above relates only to a filament lamp as an entity separate from, and not as part of, a lamp unit or a vehicle.

David Howell

Secretary of State for Transport

24th March 1982

EXPLANATORY NOTE

1.

These Regulations prohibit a person from supplying, offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply or possessing for supply any filament lamp of a type to which an ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in an item in column 2 of the Table to Regulation 2 applies unless it is marked with a marking designated as an approval mark by the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979.

2.

The following Table is added as a matter of convenience. Where the number of an item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) is specified in column 2 in an item in the Table below, the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in the item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) categorises the filament lamps to which it relates by the letters and numbers specified in the item in column 3 of the Table below. The type of lamp (as described in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument) in which a filament lamp so categorised is normally used is indicated in the relevant item in column 4 of the Table below, and the rated wattage of such a filament lamp as specified in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument is as shown in that item in column 5 of that Table. Where, in column 6 of the Table below, a number is shown that number is the one usually given to the filament lamp as a matter of trade practice.

TABLE

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.			6.
Item No.	Number of item in Table to Regulation 2(1)	Category—letters and numbers—provided by ECE Regulation 37	Type of lamp in which filament lamp is normally used	Rated wattage specified in ECE Regulation or Community Instrument			Numbers given to filament lamps in trade practice
				6 volts	12 volts	24 volts	6 volts	12 volts	24 volts
1.	1, 4 and 5	R2	Headlamp	45/40	45/40	55/50	423.424	410.411	428.429
2.	2 and 4	H1	Headlamp & auxiliary lamp	55	55	70	465	448	466
3.	2 and 4	H2	Headlamp & auxiliary lamp	55	55	70	—	479	482
4.	2 and 4	H3	Headlamp & auxiliary lamp	55	55	70	455	453	460
5.	3 and 4	H4	Headlamp	—	60/55	75/70	—	472.476	475.478
6.	4	F1	Auxiliary lamp	36	48	44	173	323	330.606
7.	4	F2	Auxiliary lamp	35	35	35	—	—	—
8.	4	F3	Auxiliary lamp	45	45	50	—	—	—
9.	4	P25-1	Direction indicator, stop, rear fog or reversing lamp	21	21	21	317.319	335.382	241.290 291.346
10.	4	P25-2	Stop or rear position lamp	21/5	21/5	21/5	384	380.927	294
11.	4	R19/5	Front, rear position, side marker or number plate lamp	5	5	5	205.206	207.209 225.226 928	149.150 247.248
12.	4	R19/10	Number plate lamp	10	10	10	244	245	246
13.	4	C11	Rear lamp	5	5	5	—	239	242
14.	4	C15	Reversing lamp	—	21	—	—	273	—
15.	4	T8/4	Position and number plate lamp	4	4	4	293	233.929	249
16.	4	W10/5	Position and number plate lamp	5	5	5	—	501.930	507
17.	4	W10/3	Side repeater lamp	3	3	3	—	504	505

(1)

S.I. 1979/571 and 1981/238.

(2)

to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.