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The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

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Braking systems of certain vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1983E+W+S

15.—(1) Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3) [F1except sub-paragraph (b)(ii)] and (4), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which [F2in the case of a motor vehicle,] is first used on or after 1st April 1983 [F3or which, in the case of the trailer, is manufactured on or after 1st October 1982,] shall comply with the construction, fitting, and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 79/489, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI and VIII to that Directive, in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

[F4Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle, was first used before 1st April 1983 or, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before 1st October 1982 to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with regulations 16 and 17.]

TABLE

(regulation 15(1))

12 3
ItemClass of VehicleVehicle Category in the Community Directive
1

Passenger vehicles and dual-purpose vehicles which have 3 or more wheels except—

(a) dual-purpose vehicles constructed and adapted to carry not more than 2 passengers exclusive of the driver;

(b) motor-cycles with side-car attached;

(c) [F5vehicles with three wheels, an unladen weight not exceeding 410 kg, a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h and an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc;];

(d) buses.

M1
2Buses having a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 5000 kg.M2
3 Buses having a maximum gross weight which exceeds 5000 kg.M3
4Dual-purpose vehicles not within [F6item 1]; and goods vehicles, having a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 3500 kg, and not being motorcycles with a sidecar attached. N1
Goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight which—
5exceeds 3500 kg but does not exceed 12,000 kg.N2
6exceeds 12,000 kg. N3
[F7Trailers with a maximum total design axle weight which–]
7does not exceed 750 kg.O1
8exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed 3500 kg.O2
9exceeds 3500 kg but does not exceed 10,000 kg.O3
10 exceeds 10,000 kg.O4

[F8(1A) Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3)(b) and (c), (3A) and (5), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which [F9in the case of a motor vehicle,] is first used on or after the relevant date [F10or which, in the case of a trailer, is manufactured on or after the relevant date] shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 85/647, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI and XII to that Directive, in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

[F11Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle, was first used before the relevant date or which, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before the relevant date, to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with paragraph (1), or with regulations 16 and 17.]

[F12(1B) In paragraph (1A), the relevant date in relation to a vehicle of a class specified in item 1 or 2 of the Table is 1st April 1990, in relation to a vehicle specified in item 4 of that Table is 1st April 1992, in relation to a vehicle in items 7, 8, 9 or 10 of that Table is 1st October 1988 and in relation to a vehicle of any other class is 1st April 1989.]]

[F13(1C) Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3)(b) and (c), (3A) and (5), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which in the case of a motor vehicle is first used on or after 1st April 1992 or in the case of a trailer is manufactured on or after 1st October 1991 shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 88/194, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI, and XII to that Directive, in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

  • Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle was first used before 1st April 1992 or which, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before 1st October 1991, to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with paragraph (1) or (1A), or with regulations 16 and 17.]

(2) The requirements specified [F14paragraphs (1), (1A) and (1C)] do not apply to—

(a)an agricultural trailer or agricultural trailed appliance that is not, in either case, drawn at a speed exceeding 20 mph;

(b)a locomotive;

(c)a motor tractor;

(d)an agricultural motor vehicle unless it is first used after 1st June 1986 and is driven at more than 20 mph;

(e)a vehicle which has a maximum speed not exceeding 25 km/h;

(f)a works trailer;

(g)a works truck;

(h)a public works vehicle;

(i)a trailer designed and constructed, or adapted, to be drawn exclusively by a vehicle to which sub-paragraph (b), (c), (e), (g) or (h) of this paragraph applies;

(j)a trailer mentioned in regulation 16(3)(b), (d), (e), (f) and (g); or

(k)a vehicle manufactured by Leyland Vehicles Limited and known as the Atlantean Bus, if first used before 1st October 1984.

(3) The requirements specified in [F14paragraphs (1), (1A) and (1C)] shall apply to the classes of vehicles specified in the Table so that—

[F15(a)in item 3, the testing requirement specified in paragraph 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 of Annex II to Community Directives 79/489, 85/647 and 88/194 shall apply to every vehicle specified in that item other than–

(i)a double-decked vehicle first used before 1st October 1983, or

(ii)a vehicle of a type in respect of which a member state of the European Economic Community has issued a type approval certificate in accordance with Community Directive 79/489, 85/647 or 88/194.]

[F16(b)in items 2 and 3–

(i)the requirements specified in paragraph 1.1.4.2 of Annex II to Community Directive 79/489; and

(ii)sub-note (2) to paragraph 1.17.2 of Annex I to Community Directive 85/647 [F17or 88/194],

shall not apply;]

(c)in items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in the case of vehicles constructed or adapted for use by physically handicapped drivers, the requirement in paragraph 2.1.2.1 of Annex I to [F18Community Directive 79/489] that the driver must be able to achieve the braking action mentioned in that paragraph from his driving seat without removing his hands from the steering control shall be modified so as to require that the driver is able to achieve that action while [F19continuing to steer the vehicle]; and

(d)in items 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 the requirement specified in paragraph 1.1.4.2 of Annex II to [F18Community Directive 79/489] shall not apply to a vehicle [F20first used (in the case of a motor vehicle) or manufactured (in the case of a trailer) before the relevant date as defined in paragraph (1B)] if either—

(i) following a test in respect of which the fee numbered [F2126024/26250 to 26257, prescribed in Schedule 1 to the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1990 is payable], a document is issued by the Secretary of State indicating that, at the date of manufacture of the vehicle, the type to which it belongs complies with the requirements specified in Annex 13 to ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04 [F22, 13.05 or 13.06]; or

(ii) as a result of a notifiable alteration to the vehicle, within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Plating and Testing Regulations, a fitment has been approved as complying with the requirements mentioned in sub-paragraph (i).

[F23(3A) The requirements specified in paragraph (1A) shall apply to a road tanker subject to the exclusion of paragraph 4.3 of Annex X to Community Directive 85/647.]

[F24(4) Instead of complying with paragraph (1) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply with ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04 [F25, 13.05 or 13.06].

[F26(5) Instead of complying with paragraph (1A) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply with ECE Regulation 13.05 or 13.06.

(5A) Instead of complying with paragraph (1C) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply—

(a)in the case of a trailer manufactured before the 1st April 1992, with ECE Regulation 13.05 or 13.06; or

(b)in the case of any vehicle not falling within sub-paragraph (a), with ECE Regulation 13.06.]

(6) In paragraph (3A) the expression “road tanker” means any vehicle or trailer which carries liquid fuel in a tank forming part of the vehicle or trailer other than that containing the fuel which is used to propel the vehicle, and also includes any tank with a capacity exceeding 3mu23 carried on a vehicle.

(7) In this regulation, and in relation to the application to any vehicle of any provision of Community Directive 85/647 [F27or 88/194], the definitions of “semi-trailer”, “full trailer” and “centre-axle trailer” set out in that Directive shall apply and the meaning of “semi-trailer” in column 2 of the Table in regulation 3(2) shall not apply.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 15 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Braking systems of vehicles to which regulation 15 does not applyE+W+S

16.—(1) Save as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), this regulation applies to every vehicle to which regulation 15 does not apply.

(2) Paragraph (4) of this regulation does not apply to a vehicle which complies with regulation 15 by virtue of the proviso to [F28regulation 15(1), (1A) or (1C), or which complies with Community Directive 79/489, 85/647 or 88/194 or ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, 13.05 or 13.06].

(3) This regulation does not apply to the following vehicles, except in the case of a vehicle referred to in (a) insofar as the regulation concerns parking brakes (requirements 16 to 18 in Schedule 3)—

(a)a locomotive first used before 2nd January 1933, propelled by steam, and with an engine which is capable of being reversed;

(b)a trailer which—

(i) is designed for use and used for street cleansing and does not carry any load other than its necessary gear and equipment;

[F29(ii) has a maximum total design axle weight that does not exceed 750 kg;]

(iii) is an agricultural trailer manufactured before 1st July 1947 drawn by a motor tractor or an agricultural motor vehicle if the trailer—

(A) has a laden weight not exceeding 4070 kg; and

(B) is the only trailer being drawn; and

(C) is drawn at a speed not exceeding 10 mph; or

(iv) is drawn by a motor cycle in accordance with regulation 84;

(c)an agricultural trailed appliance;

(d)an agricultural trailed appliance conveyor;

(e)a broken down vehicle;

(f)before 1st October 1986—

(i) a trailer with an unladen weight not exceeding 102 kg which was manufactured before 1st October 1982; and

(ii) a gritting trailer; or

(g)on or after 1st October 1986, a gritting trailer with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2000 kg.

(4) Save as provided in paragraph (7), a vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table shall comply with the requirements shown in column 3 in that item, subject to any exemptions or modifications shown in column 4 in that item, reference to numbers in column 3 being references to the requirements so numbered in Schedule 3.

TABLE

(regulation 16(4))

1234
Item Class of vehicleRequirements in Schedule 3Exemptions or modifications
Motor cars
1First used before 1st January 1915.3, 6, 7, 13, 16Requirements 13 and 16 do not apply to a motor car with less than 4 wheels.
2First used on or after 1st January 1915 but before 1st April 1938.1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16A works truck within items 1 to 11 is not subject to requirements 1, 2, 3 or 4 if it is equipped with one braking system with one means of operation.
3 First used on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle or a vehicle first used before 1st January 1968.1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16
4Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968.1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, [F3015,] 18
Heavy motor cars
5 First used before 15th August 1928. 1, 6, 16
6First used on or after 15th August 1928 but before 1st April 1938.1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16
7First used on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle or a vehicle first used before 1st January 1968. 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16
8Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968. 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, [F3015,] 18
Motor cycles
9 First used before 1st January 1927. 3, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 16
10First used on or after 1st January 1927 but before 1st January 1968.2, 7, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 16
11First used on or after 1st January 1968 and not being a motor cycle to which paragraph (5) applies.2, 7, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 18
Locomotives
12 Wheeled vehicles first used before 1st June 1955.3, 6, 12, 16
13 Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st June 1955 but before 1st January 1968. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18
14Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968.3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18
15Track-laying vehicles.3, 6, 16
Motor tractors
16 Wheeled vehicles first used before 14th January 1931 and track-laying vehicles first used before 1st April 1938.3, 4, 6, 7, 16Industrial tractors within items 16 to 19 are subject to requirement 5 instead of requirement 4.
17 Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 14th January 1931 but before 1st April 1938.3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16
18Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1938 but before 1st January 1968. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16
19Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968.3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18
20Track-laying vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1938. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16
Wheeled agricultural motor vehicles not driven at more than 20 mph
21First used before 1st January 1968.3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16
22First used on or after 1st January 1968 but before 9th February 1980.3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 18
23 First used on or after 9th February 1980. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18
Invalid carriages
24Whenever first used.3, 13
Trailers
25Manufactured before 1st April 1938.3, 10, 14, 17
26Manufactured on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle, an agricultural trailer or a vehicle manufactured before 1st January 1968.3, 8, 10, 14, 17Agricultural trailers are not subject to requirement 8.
27Wheeled vehicles manufactured on or after 1st January 1968, not being an agricultural trailer.3, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18Trailers equipped with brakes which come into operation on the overrun of the vehicle are not subject to requirement 15.

Provided that wheeled agricultural motor vehicles not driven at more than 20 mph are excluded from all items other than items 21 to 23.

[F31(5) Subject to paragraphs (5B) and (6), the braking system of a motor cycle to which this regulation applies and which is—

(a)of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below; and

(b)first used on or after 1st April 1987 and before 22nd May 1995;

shall comply with ECE Regulation 13.05, 78 or 78.01 in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

(5A) Subject to paragraph (6), the braking system of a motor cycle to which this regulation applies and which is—

(a)of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below; and

(b)first used on or after 22nd May 1995;

shall comply with ECE Regulation 78.01 in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

TABLE
(Regulation 16(5) and (5A))
123
ItemClass of VehicleVehicle Category in ECE Regulations
1Vehicles (without a sidecar attached) with two wheels, an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc and a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h.L1
2Vehicles with three wheels (including two-wheeled vehicles with a sidecar attached) and with an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc and a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h.L2
3

Vehicles with two wheels (without a sidecar attached) and with—

(a)

an engine capacity exceeding 50 cc, or

(b)

a maximum design speed exceeding 50 km/h.

L3
4

Vehicles with two wheels, a sidecar attached and—

(a)

an engine capacity exceeding 50 cc, or

(b)

a maximum design speed exceeding 50 km/h.

L4]

[F32[F33(5B)] In relation to a motor cycle with two wheels manufactured by Piaggio Veicoli Europei Societa per Azione and known as the Cosa 125, the Cosa 125E, the Cosa L125, the Cosa LX125, the Cosa 200, the Cosa 200E, the Cosa L200 or the Cosa LX200, paragraph (5) shall have effect as if ECE Regulation 13.05 were modified by–

(a)the omission of paragraph 4.4 (approval marks), and

(b)in paragraph 5.3.1.1, (independent braking devices and controls), the omission of the word “independent” in the first place where it appears,

but this paragraph shall not apply to a motor cycle first used on or after 1st July 1991.]

(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply to a works truck or to a vehicle constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the business of manufacturing vehicles of that description.

(7) Instead of complying with the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Regulation an agricultural motor vehicle may comply with Community Directive 76/432.

Textual Amendments

F31Reg. 16(5)(5A) and Table substituted for reg. 16(5) (1.4.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/352), regs. 1, 4(3)

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 16 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Vacuum or pressure brake warning devicesE+W+S

17.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), every motor vehicle which is equipped with a braking system which embodies a vacuum or pressure reservoir or reservoirs shall be equipped with a device so placed as to be readily visible to the driver of the vehicle and which is capable of indicating any impending failure of, or deficiency in, the vacuum or pressure system.

(2) The requirement specified in paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of—

(a)a vehicle to which [F34paragraph (1), (1A) or (1C)] [F35of] regulation 15 applies, or which complies with the requirements of that regulation, of [F36Community Directive 79/489, 85/647 or 88/194] or of ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04 [F37, 13.05 or 13.06];

(b)an agricultural motor vehicle which complies with Community Directive 76/432;

(c)a vehicle with an unladen weight not exceeding 3050 kg propelled by an internal combustion engine, if the vacuum in the reservoir or reservoirs is derived directly from the induction system of the engine, and if, in the event of a failure of, or deficiency in, the vacuum system, the brakes of that braking system are sufficient under the most adverse conditions to bring the vehicle to rest within a reasonable distance; or

(d)a vehicle first used before 1st October 1937.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 17 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Maintenance and efficiency of brakesE+W+S

18.—(1) Every part of every braking system and of the means of operation thereof fitted to a vehicle shall be maintained in good and efficient working order and be properly adjusted.

[F38(1A) Without prejudice to paragraph (3), where a vehicle is fitted with an anti-lock braking system (“the ABS”), then while the condition specified in paragraph (1B) is fulfilled, any fault in the ABS shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph (1).

(1B) The condition is fulfilled while the vehicle is completing a journey at the beginning of which the ABS was operating correctly or is being driven to a place where the ABS is to undergo repairs.]

(2) Paragraph (3) applies to every wheeled motor vehicle except—

(a)an agricultural motor vehicle which is not driven at more than 20 mph;

(b)a works truck; and

(c)a pedestrian-controlled vehicle.

(3) Every vehicle to which this paragraph applies and which is of a class specified in an item in column 2 of Table I shall, subject to any exemption shown for that item in column 4, be so maintained that—

(a)its service braking system has a total braking efficiency not less than that shown in column 3(a) for that item; and

(b)if the vehicle is a heavy motor car, a motor car first used on or after 1st January 1915 or a motor-cycle first used on or after 1st January 1927, its secondary braking system has a total braking efficiency not less than that shown in column 3(b) for those items.

Provided that a reference in Table I to a trailer is a reference to a trailer required by regulation 15 or 16 to be equipped with brakes.

TABLE I

(regulation 18(3))

1234
ItemClass of vehicleEfficiencies (%) Exemptions
(a) (b)
1A vehicle to which regulation 15 applies or which complies in all respects other than its braking efficiency with the requirements of that regulation or with [F39Community Directive 79/489, 85/647 or 88/194] or with ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04 [F40, 13.05 or 13.06]—A motor cycle.
(a) when not drawing a trailer;50 25
(b) when drawing a trailer45 25
2A vehicle, not included in item 1 and not being a motor cycle, which is first used on or after 1st January 1968—
(a) when not drawing a trailer;50 25
(b) when not drawing a trailer manufactured on or after 1st January 1968; 50 25
(c) when drawing a trailer manufactured before 1st January 196840 15
3Goods vehicles first used on or after 15th August 1928 but before 1st January 1968 having an unladen weight exceeding 1525 kg being—
(a) rigid vehicles with 2 axles not constructed to form part of an articulated vehicle—
(i) when not drawing a trailer 45 20
(ii) when drawing a trailer 40 15
(b) other vehicles, including vehicles constructed to form part of an articulated vehicle, whether or not drawing a trailer 40 15
4Vehicles not included in items 1 to 3— (a) a bus;
(a) having at least one means of operation applying to at least 4 wheels;50 25 (b) an articulated vehicle;
(b) having 3 wheels and at least one means of operation applying to all 3 wheels and not being a motor cycle with sidecar attached— (c) a vehicle constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle;
(i) when not drawing a trailer40 25 (d) a heavy motor car which is a goods vehicle first used before 15th August 1928.
(ii) in the case of a motor cycle when drawing a trailer40 25
(c) other
(i) when not drawing a trailer30 25
(ii) in the case of a motor cycle when drawing a trailer. 30 25

(4) A goods vehicle shall not be deemed to comply with the requirements of paragraph (3) unless it is capable of complying with those requirements both at the laden weight at which it is operating at any time and when its laden weight is equal to—

(a)if a plating certificate has been issued and is in force for the vehicle, the design gross weight shown in column (3) of that certificate or, if no such weight is so shown, the gross weight shown in column (2) of that certificate; and

(b)in any other case, the design gross weight of the vehicle.

Provided that in the case of a goods vehicle drawing a trailer, references in this paragraph to laden weight refer to the combined laden weight of the drawing vehicle and the trailer and references to gross weight and design gross weight are to be taken as references to train weight and design train weight respectively.

(5) The brakes of every agricultural motor vehicle which is first used on or after 1st June 1986 and is not driven at more than 20 mph, and of every agricultural trailer manufactured on or after 1st December 1985 shall be capable of achieving a braking efficiency of not less than 25% when the weight of the vehicle is equal to the total maximum axle weights which the vehicle is designed to have.

(6) Every vehicle or combination of vehicles specified in an item in column 2 of Table II shall be so maintained that its brakes are capable, without the assistance of stored energy, of holding it stationary on a gradient of at least the percentage specified in column 3 in that item.

TABLE II

(regulation 18(6))

12 3
ItemClass of vehicle or combinationPercentage gradient
1A vehicle specified in item 1 of Table I—
(a) when not drawing a trailer16
(b) when drawing a trailer12
2A vehicle to which requirement 18 in Schedule 3 applies by virtue of regulation 16.16
3A vehicle, not included in item 1, drawing a trailer manufactured on or after 1st January 1968 and required, by regulation 15 or 16, to be fitted with brakes. 16

(7) For the purpose of this regulation the date of manufacture of a trailer which is a composite trailer shall be deemed to be the same as the date of manufacture of the semi-trailer which forms part of the composite trailer.

(8) A vehicle which is subject to, and which complies with the requirements in, item 1 in Tables I and II shall not be treated as failing, by reason of its braking efficiency, to comply with regulation 15 or with [F41Community Directive 79/489, 85/647 or 88/194] or ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04 [F42, 13.05 or 13.06].

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 18 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Application of brakes of trailersE+W+S

19.  Where a trailer is drawn by a motor vehicle the driver (or in the case of a locomotive one of the persons employed in driving or tending the locomotive) shall be in a position readily to operate any brakes required by these Regulations to be fitted to the trailer as well as the brakes of the motor vehicle unless a person other than the driver [F43(or in the case of a locomotive a person other than one of the persons employed in driving or tending the locomotive)] is in a position and competent efficiently to apply the brakes of the trailer.

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to a trailer which—

(a) in compliance with these Regulations, is fitted with brakes which automatically come into operation on the overrun of the trailer; or

(b)F44... is a broken down vehicle being drawn, whether or not in consequence of a breakdown, in such a manner that it cannot be steered by its own steering gear.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 19 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

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Defnyddiwch y ddewislen hon i agor dogfennau hanfodol sy’n cyd-fynd â’r ddeddfwriaeth a gwybodaeth am yr eitem hon o ddeddfwriaeth. Gan ddibynnu ar yr eitem o ddeddfwriaeth sy’n cael ei gweld gall hyn gynnwys:

  • y PDF print gwreiddiol y fel gwnaed fersiwn a ddefnyddiwyd am y copi print
  • slipiau cywiro

liciwch ‘Gweld Mwy’ neu ddewis ‘Rhagor o Adnoddau’ am wybodaeth ychwanegol gan gynnwys

  • rhestr o newidiadau a wnaed gan a/neu yn effeithio ar yr eitem hon o ddeddfwriaeth
  • manylion rhoi grym a newid cyffredinol
  • pob fformat o’r holl ddogfennau cysylltiedig
  • dolenni i ddeddfwriaeth gysylltiedig ac adnoddau gwybodaeth eraill

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