Amendment of Road Traffic Act 19883

1

The Road Traffic Act 1988 M1 is amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (7).

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4

In section 65A (light passenger vehicles and motor cycles not to be sold without EC certificate of conformity) M2—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

omit “a light passenger vehicle or”, and

ii

in paragraph (a)(ii), for “a member State” substitute “ an EEA State ”;

b

omit subsection (3);

c

in subsection (3A), omit“to which the motorcycle type approval Directive applies”;

d

in subsection (4)—

i

in paragraph (a), for “a member State” substitute “ an EEA State ”, and

ii

in paragraph (b)(i), for “member State” substitute “ EEA State ”;

e

in subsection (5)(e), for “a member State” substitute “ an EEA State ”;

f

omit subsection (8).

5

In consequence of the amendments made by paragraph (4), the heading to section 65A becomes “Motor cycles not to be sold without EC certificate of conformity”.

6

In section 85(1) M3 (interpretation of Part 2)—

a

for the definition of “EC certificate of conformity” substitute—

“EC certificate of conformity” means—

  1. a

    in the case of a light passenger vehicle, a certificate of conformity issued by a manufacturer under—

    1. i

      regulation 4 of the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992 M4,

    2. ii

      regulation 5 of the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998 M5,

    3. iii

      regulation 15(1) or 20(4) of the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009, or

    4. iv

      any provision of the law of a member State other than the United Kingdom giving effect to Article 6 of the light passenger vehicle type approval Directive or Article 18 of the road vehicles type approval Directive;

  2. b

    in the case of a vehicle to which the motorcycle type approval Directive applies, a certificate of conformity—

    1. i

      issued by a manufacturer under regulation 8(1) of the Motor Cycles Etc (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1999 M6 (whether before, on or after 9th November 2003), or

    2. ii

      issued by a manufacturer under any provision of the law of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom giving effect to Article 7(1) of the motorcycle type approval Directive or to Article 7(1) of Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30th June 1992 relating to the type approval of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles M7;

  3. c

    in the case of a vehicle to which the tractor type approval Directive applies, a certificate of conformity issued by a manufacturer under—

    1. i

      regulation 6 of the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005 M8, or

    2. ii

      any provision of the law of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom giving effect to Article 6(1) of the tractor type approval Directive;

  4. d

    in the case of any other vehicle, a certificate of conformity issued by a manufacturer under—

    1. i

      regulation 15(1) of the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009, or

    2. ii

      any provision of the law of a member State other than the United Kingdom giving effect to Article 18 of the road vehicles type approval Directive;

b

in the definition of “light passenger vehicle”—

i

omit paragraph (b), and

ii

omit the words from “or a vehicle” to the end;

c

after the definition of “prescribed testing authority” insert—

“the road vehicles type approval Directive” means Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles M9,

d

after the definition of “tail lamp” insert—

“the tractor type approval Directive” means Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units M10,

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In section 86 M11 (index to Part 2), insert the following entries at the appropriate place—

“Road vehicles type approval Directive

Section 85”;

“Tractor type approval Directive

Section 85”.