Statutory Instruments
CONSUMER PROTECTION
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.
| 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”
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
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.
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.
| 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 |
S.I. 1979/571 and 1981/238.
to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.