Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Regulation 4(1)(b)

SCHEDULE 3 Approval requirements for relevant vehicles except Schedule 1 vehicles

(The expressions in bold type are defined in column 4)

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Item	Subject matter	Design, construction and equipment requirements			Definitions and supplementary provisions	Exemptions and modifications
		(a)	(b)	(c)
Date of manufacture of the vehicle	Community Instrument	ECE Regulation
3	Protective steering	1st July 1991	Directive 74/297/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5 and 6	12.01, paragraphs 5 and 6		This item shall not apply to— (a) vehicles, the steering control of which has been specially constructed for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability; (b) ambulances, motor caravans and hearses (in each case) having a maximum gross weight of more than 2500 kg if the vehicle has been derived from a goods vehicle which either had a maximum gross weight of not less than 1500 kg or was manufactured before 1st October 1997; and (c) armoured vehicles.
		1st October 1996	Directive 74/297/EEC as last amended by Directive 91/662/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5 and 6	12.03, paragraphs 5 and 6
4	Exhaust emissions	1st January 1993	Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by Directive 91/441/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to passenger cars)	83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13	For the purposes of this item— “passenger car” means a motor vehicle which— (a) is constructed or adapted to carry passengers and is not a goods vehicle; (b) *has no more than 6 seats including the driver’s seat; and (c) has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2500 kg. *Note: (b) does not apply to vehicles manufactured after 1st January 2001.
		1st October 1994	Directive 93/59/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to vehicles other than (passenger cars)	83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13
		1st January 1997	Directive 94/12/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (applies only to passenger cars)	83.02 paragraph 5
		1st October 1998 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars)	Directive 96/69/EC,	83.03 paragraph 5 Annex I, paragraph 5
		1st October 1999	Directive 98/77/EC,Annex 1, paragraph 5 (applies to vehicles fuelled by liquid petroleum gas or compressed natural gas)	83.04 paragraph 5
		1st January 2001 (applies from this date to passenger cars)	Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits)			Does not apply until 1st January 2002 providing the vehicle is registered before that date.
		1st January 2002 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than (passenger cars)	Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits)		“Diesel passenger vehicle” means a vehicle of category M1 the maximum mass of which exceeds 2000kg, fitted with a compression ignition engine which is— (a) constructed or adapted to carry more than 6 occupants, including the driver; or (b) an off-road vehicle as defined in Annex II to the 1970 Directive.	Does not apply until 1st January 2003 providing the vehicle is registered before that date.
		1st January 2003 (until this date, a diesel passenger vehicle is treated as a vehicle of category N1)	Directive 96/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits)
		1st January 2006 (applies from this date to passenger cars)	Directive 96/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits)
		1st January 2007 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars)	Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits)
8	Anti-theft devices	1st October 1998	Directive 74/61/EEC as amended by Directive 95/56/EC, Annex V (electronic immobiliser) and Annex VI (alarm system)	18.02, paragraph 7 and 97.01, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 (alarm system) and paragraphs 31, 32 and 33 (immobiliser)
10	Seat belt anchorages		Directive 76/115/EEC as last amended by:
		1st July 1991	Directive 82/318/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 4 and 5			14.02, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7
		1st July 1997	Directive 90/629/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 4 and 5			14.03, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7
11	Installation of seat belts		Directive 77/541/EEC as last amended by:		“disabled person’s belt” has the same meaning as in regulation 55(11) of the Construction and Use Regulations.	The requirements shall not apply in relation to a seat fitted to a disabled person’s vehicle if the vehicle is fitted with a disabled person's belt for that seat.
		1st July 1997	Directive 90/628/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 3.1 to 3.1.9
		1st October 1999	Directive 96/36/EC, Annex 1, paragraphs 3.1 to 3.1.10 and 3.1.11 and 3.1.12	16.04, (supplement 8) paragraphs 8.1 to 8.1.10.3 and 8.1.11 to 8.1.12
12	Brakes		Directive 71/320/EEC as last amended by:
		1st April 1995	Directive 91/442/EEC, Annex I, paragraph 2	13.06, paragraph 5
		1st October 1999	Directive 91/12/EC, Annex I, paragraph 2.1.1.3 (Requirements for asbestos- free brake linings only)	13.09, paragraph 5.1.1.3 or 13H, paragraph 5.1.1.3 (Requirements for asbestos- free brake linings only)
		31st March 2001	Directive 98/12/EC, Annex I, paragraph 2 (all requirements)	13.09, paragraph 5 or 13H, paragraph 5 (all requirements)
13	Noise and silencers		Directive 70/157/EEC as last amended by:
		1st July 1991	Directive 84/424/EEC, Annex I, paragraph 5	51.01, paragraph 5
		1st January 1997	Directive 92/97/EEC or 96/20/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5	51.02, paragraph 5
26	Carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption	1st January 1997	Directive 80/1269/EEC as last amended by Directive 93/116/EEC, Annex I, paragraph 5	101, paragraph 5
27	Frontal impact	1st October 2003	Directive 96/79/EC, Annex II, paragraph 3	94.01, paragraph 5
28	Side impact	1st October 2003	Directive 96/27/EC, Annex II, paragraph 3	95.01, paragraph 5