The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

K E+W+S CONTROL OF EMISSIONS

Silencers E+W+S

54.—(1) Every vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine shall be fitted with an exhaust system including a silencer and the exhaust gases from the engine shall not escape into the atmosphere without first passing through the silencer.

(2) Every exhaust system and silencer shall be maintained in good and efficient working order and shall not be altered so as to increase the noise made by the escape of exhaust gases.

(3) Instead of complying with paragraph (1) a vehicle may comply with Community Directive 77/212, 81/334, 84/372 or 84/424 or, in the case of a motor cycle other than a moped, 78/1015.

(4) In this regulation “moped” has the meaning given to it in paragraph (5) of Schedule 9.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 54 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Noise limits—general E+W+S

55.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2) and regulation 59, this regulation applies to every wheeled motor vehicle having at least three wheels and first used on or after 1st October 1983 which is—

(a) a vehicle, not falling within sub-paragraph (b) or (c), with or without bodywork;

(b) a vehicle not falling within sub-paragraph (c) which is—

(i) engineering plant;

(ii) a locomotive other than an agricultural motor vehicle;

(iii) a motor tractor other than an industrial tractor or an agricultural motor vehicle;

(iv) a public works vehicle;

(v) a works truck; or

(vi) a refuse vehicle; or

(c) a vehicle which—

(i) has a compression ignition engine;

(ii) is so constructed or adapted that the driving power of the engine is, or by appropriate use of the controls can be, transmitted to all wheels of the vehicle; and

(iii) falls within category I.1.1., I.1.2, or I.1.3 specified in Article 1 of Community Directive 77/212.

(2) This regulation does not apply to—

(a) a motorcycle with a sidecar attached;

(b) an agricultural motor vehicle which is first used before 1st June 1986 or which is not driven at more than 20 mph;

(c) an industrial tractor;

(d) a road roller;

(e) a vehicle specially constructed, and not merely adapted, for the purposes of fighting fires or salvage from fires at or in the vicinity of airports, and having an engine power exceeding 220 kW;

(f) a vehicle which runs on rails; or

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

(3) Save as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be so constructed that it complies with the requirements set out in item 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the Table; a vehicle complies with those requirements if—

(a) its sound level does not exceed the relevant limit specified in column 2(a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, in the relevant item when measured under the conditions specified in column 3 in that item and by the method specified in column 4 in that item using the apparatus prescribed in paragraph (6); and

(b) in the case of a vehicle referred to in paragraph 1(a) (other than one having less than four wheels or a maximum speed not exceeding 25 km/h) or 1(c), the device designed to reduce the exhaust noise meets the requirements specified in column 5 in that item.

TABLE

(regulation 55(3))

1	2			3	4	5
	Limits of sound level
Item	(a) Vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(a)	(b) Vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(b)	(c) Vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(c)	Conditions of measurement	Method of measurement	Requirements for exhaust device
1	Limits specified in paragraph I.1 of the Annex to Community Directive 77/212.	89dB(A)	82dB(A)	Conditions specified in paragraph I.3 of the Annex to Community Directive 77/212	Method specified in paragraph I.4.1 of the Annex to Community Directive 77/212	Requirements specified in heading II of the Annex to Community Directive 77/212 (except paragraphs II.2 and II.5).
2	Limits specified in paragraph 5.2.2.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 81/334.	89dB(A)	82dB(A)	Conditions specified in paragraph 5.2.2.3 of Annex I to Community Directive 81/334.	Method specified in paragraph 5.2.2.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 81/334. Interpretation of results as specified in paragraph 5.2.2.5 of that Annex.	Requirements specified in section 3 and paragraphs 5.1 and 5.3.1 of Annex 1 to Community Directive 81/334.
3	Limits specified in paragraph 5.2.2.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/372	89dB(A)	82dB(A)	Conditions specified in paragraph 5.2.2.3 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/372	Method specified in paragraph 5.2.2.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/372, except that vehicles with 5 or more forward gears and a maximum power to maximum gross weight ratio not less than 75 kW per 1000 kg may be tested in 3rd gear only. Interpretation of results as specified in paragraph 5.2.2.5 of that Annex.	Requirements specified in section 3 and paragraphs 5.1 and 5.3.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/372.
4	Limits specified in paragraph 5.2.2.1 of the Annex I to Community Directive 84/424	Vehicles with engine power— –less than 75kW – 84dB(A) –not less than 75kW –86dB(A)	Limits specified in paragraph 5.2.2.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/424.	Conditions specified in paragraph 5.2.2.3 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/424	Method specified in paragraph 5.2.2.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/424, except that vehicles with 5 or more forward gears and a maximum power to maximum gross weight ratio not less than 75 kW per 1000 kg may be tested in 3rd gear only. Interpretation of results as specified in paragraph 5.2.2.5 of that Annex	Requirements specified in section 3 and paragraphs 5.1 and 5.3.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 84/424.

(4) Save as provided in paragraph (5), paragraph (3) applies to every vehicle to which this regulation applies and which is first used on or after 1st April 1990, unless it is equipped with 5 or more forward gears and has a maximum power to maximum gross weight ratio not less than 75 kW per 1000 kg, and is of a type in respect of which a type approval certificate has been issued under the Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations as if, for the reference to items 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the Table there were substituted a reference to item 4 of the Table.

(5) Paragraph (4) does not apply to a vehicle in category 5.2.2.1.3 as defined in Annex I to Directive 84/424 and equipped with a compression ignition engine, a vehicle in category 5.2.2.1.4 as defined in that Annex, or a vehicle referred to in paragraph 1(b) unless it is first used on or after 1st April 1991.

(6) The apparatus prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(a) and regulations 56(2)(a) and [F1 57(1A)(a)] is a sound level meter of the type described in Publication No. 179 of the International Electrotechnical Commission, in either its first or second edition, a sound level meter complying with the specification for Type 0 or Type 1 in Publication No. 651 (1979) “Sound Level Meters” of the International Electrotechnical Commission, or a sound level meter complying with the specifications of the British Standard Number BS 5969:1981 which came into effect on 29th May 1981.

(7) Instead of complying with the preceding provisions of this regulation a vehicle may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 77/212, 81/334, 84/372 or 84/424.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 55(6) substituted (8.11.1989) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1865), regs. 1, 5 (with reg. 2(2))

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 55 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Noise limits—agricultural motor vehicles and industrial tractors E+W+S

56.—(1) Save as provided in regulation 59, this regulation applies to every wheeled vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1983 being an agricultural motor vehicle or an industrial tractor, other than—

(a) an agricultural motor vehicle which is first used on or after 1st June 1986 and which is driven at more than 20 mph; or

(b) a road roller.

(2) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be so constructed—

(a) that its sound level does not exceed—

(i) if it is a vehicle with engine power of less than 65kW, 89 dB(A);

(ii) if it is a vehicle with engine power of 65kW or more, and first used before 1st October 1991, 92 dB(A); or

(iii) if it is a vehicle with engine power of 65kW or more, and first used on or after 1st October 1991, 89 dB(A),

when measured under the conditions specified in paragraph I.3 of Annex VI of Community Directive 74/151 by the method specified in paragraph I.4.1 of that Annex using the apparatus prescribed in regulation 55(6); and

(b) that the device designed to reduce the exhaust noise meets the requirements specified in paragraph II.1 of that Annex and, if fibrous absorbent material is used, the requirements specified in paragraphs II.4.1 to II.4.3 of that Annex.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 56 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Noise limits—motor cycles E+W+S

57.— [F2 (1) Save as provided in regulation 59, the requirements specified in paragraph (1A) apply to every motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1983 but not later than 31st March 1991 which is—

(a) a moped; or

(b) a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not with sidecar attached, which is not a moped.

(1A) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a) the vehicle shall be so constructed that its sound level does not exceed the relevant limit specified in column 2 of item 1 or 2 of the Table when measured under the conditions specified in column 3 in that item by the method specified in column 4 in that item using the apparatus prescribed in regulation 55(6); and

(b) the device designed to reduce the exhaust noise meets the requirements specified in column 5.

TABLE

(regulation 57(1A))

1	2		3	4	5
	Limits of sound level
Item	Vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a)	Vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (2)(b)	Conditions of measurement	Method of measurement	Requirements for exhaust device
1	73dB(A)	Limits specified in paragraph 2.1.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015	Conditions specified in paragraph 2.1.3 of Annex 4 to Community Directive 78/1015	Method specified in paragraph 2.1.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015. Interpretation of results as in paragraphs 2.1.5.2, 2.1.5.3 and 2.1.5.4 of that Annex	Requirements as specified in paragraph 3 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015 except for sub-paragraph 3.2.
2	73dB(A)	First stage limits specified in paragraph 2.1.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56	Conditions specified in paragraph 2.1.3 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56	Method specified in paragraph 2.1.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56. Interpretation of results in paragraphs 2.1.5.2, 2.1.5.3 and 2.1.5.4 of that Annex	Requirements as specified in paragraph 3 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56 except for sub-paragraph 3.2.

(1B) Instead of complying with paragraph (1), a vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(b) may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 78/1015 or 87/56.

(2) Save as provided in regulation 59, the requirements specified in paragraph (2A) apply to every motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1991 which is—

(a) a moped; or

(b) a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not with sidecar attached, which is not a moped.

(2A) The requirements referred to in paragraph (2) are those mentioned in paragraph (1A) save that for the reference to item 1 or 2 of the Table there is substituted a reference to item 2 of the Table.

(2B) Instead of complying with paragraph (2), a vehicle referred to in paragraph (2)(b) may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 87/56.]

(3) The silencer which forms part of the exhaust system of a motorcycle first used on or after 1st January 1985 shall be either—

(a) that with which the vehicle was fitted when it was manufactured; or

(b) clearly and indelibly marked with either—

(i) the British Standard marking indicating that it has been tested in accordance with test 2; or

(ii) a reference to its make and type specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle.

(4) A motor cycle shall not be used on a road if it is fitted with an exhaust system any part of which is marked with the words “NOT FOR ROAD USE” or words to the like effect.

F3 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In this regulation—

“British Standard marking” means a marking specified in paragraph 6.1 of the British Standard Specification for replacement motorcycle and moped exhaust systems, which came into effect on 30th September 1983, issued by the British Standards Institution under reference number BS AU 193:1983, and “test 2” means the test so described in that Specification and therein specified; and

“moped” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 5 of Schedule 9.

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 57(1)-(2B) and Table substituted for reg. 57(1) and Table (8.11.1989) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1865), regs. 1, 6(a) (with reg. 2(2))

F3 Reg. 57(5) omitted (8.11.1989) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1865), regs. 1, 6(b) (with reg. 2(2))

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 57 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Noise limits—vehicles not subject to regulations 55 to 57, first used on or after 1st April 1970 E+W+S

58.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2) and in regulation 59, every wheeled motor vehicle which was first used on or after 1st April 1970 and which is not subject to regulations 55, 56 or 57 shall be so constructed that the sound level (A weighting) in decibels does not exceed the maximum permitted level shown in column 2 of the Table for the relevant class of vehicle shown in column 1, when the noise emitted by it is measured under the specified conditions using the prescribed apparatus.

(2) A vehicle to which this regulation applies is not required to comply with paragraph (1) if at the time of its first use it complied with Community Directive 70/157, 73/350 or 77/212 or, in the case of an agricultural motor vehicle, 74/151, or if it is—

(a) a road roller;

(b) a vehicle specially constructed, and not merely adapted, for the purposes of fighting fires or salvage from fires at or in the vicinity of airports, and having an engine power exceeding 220 kW;

(c) a vehicle propelled by a compression ignition engine and which is of a type in respect of which a type approval certificate has been issued under the Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations;

(d) a motorcycle first used on or after 1st October 1980, with an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc which complies with the requirements specified in [F4 regulation 57(1A) and (2A)]; or

(e) an agricultural motor vehicle manufactured on or after 7th February 1975 which complies with the requirements specified in regulation 56(2).

(3) The definition of sound level (A weighting) in decibels contained in clause 2 of the British Standard Specification for Sound Level Meters published by the British Standards Institution on 7th September 1962 under the number BS 3539: 1962, as amended by Amendment Slip No. 1, numbered AMD22 and published on 1st July 1968, applies for the purposes of this regulation.

(4) In this regulation, “the specified conditions” means the method described by the British Standard Method for the Measurement of Noise Emitted by Motor Vehicles published on 24th June 1966 under the number BS 3425:1966.

(5) In this regulation “the prescribed apparatus” means a noise meter—

(a) which is in good working order and complies with the requirements laid down for vehicle noise meters in Part I of the said British Standard Specification numbered BS 3539:1962, as amended by the said Amendment Slip No. 1;

(b) which has, not more than 12 months before the date of the measurement made in accordance with paragraph (1), undergone all the tests for checking calibration applicable in accordance with the Appendix to the said British Standard Specification; and

(c) in respect of which there has been issued by the National Physical Laboratory, the British Standards Institution or the Secretary of State a certificate recording the date on which as a result of those tests the meter was found to comply with the requirements of clauses 8 and 9 of the said British Standard Specification.

TABLE

(regulation 58(1))

1	2	3
Item	Class of vehicle	Maximum permitted sound level in dB(A)
1	Motor cycle of which the cylinder capacity of the engine does not exceed 50 cc	77
2	Motor cycle of which the cylinder capacity of the engine exceeds 50 cc but does not exceed 125 cc	82
3	Motor cycle of which the cylinder capacity of the engine exceeds 125 cc	86
4	Goods vehicle to which regulation 66 applies and which is equipped with a plate complying with the requirements of regulation 66 and showing particulars of a maximum gross weight of more than 3560 kg	89
5	Motor car not being a goods vehicle of the kind described in item 4 above	85
6	Motor tractor	89
7	Locomotive	89
8	Agricultural motor vehicle	89
9	Works truck	89
10	Engineering plant	89
11	Passenger vehicle constructed for the carriage of more than 12 passengers exclusive of the driver	89
12	Any other passenger vehicle	84
13	Any other vehicle	85

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in reg. 58(2)(d) substituted (8.11.1989) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1865), regs. 1, 7 (with reg. 2(2))

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 58 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Exceptions to regulations 55 to 58 E+W+S

59.  Regulations 55, 56, [F5 57(1A) and (2A)] and 58 do not apply to a motor vehicle which is—

(a) proceeding to a place where, by previous arrangement—

(i) noise emitted by it is about to be measured for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the vehicle complies with such of those provisions as apply to it; or

(ii) the vehicle is about to be mechanically adjusted, modified or equipped for the purpose of securing that it so complies; or

(b) returning from such a place immediately after the noise has been so measured.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in reg. 59 substituted (8.11.1989) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1865), regs. 1, 8 (with reg. 2(2))

Commencement Information

I6

Reg. 59 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Radio interference suppression E+W+S

60.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), every wheeled motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1974 which is propelled by a spark ignition engine shall comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 72/245 or ECE Regulation 10 or 10.01 or, in the case of an agricultural motor vehicle, Community Directive 75/322.1

(2) This regulation does not apply to a vehicle constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the trade or business of manufacturing vehicles of that description, but nothing in this paragraph affects the application to such vehicles of the Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Ignition Apparatus) Regulations 1973.

Commencement Information

I7 Reg. 60 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Emission of smoke, vapour, gases, oily substances etc E+W+S

61.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), every vehicle shall be constructed [F6 and maintained] so as not to emit any avoidable smoke or avoidable visible vapour.

(2) Every motor vehicle using solid fuel shall be fitted with—

(a) a tray or shield to prevent ashes and cinders from falling onto the road; and

(b) an efficient appliance to prevent any emission of sparks or grit.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) and to the exemptions specified in an item in column 4 of [F7 Table I], every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in that item in column 2 shall be constructed so as to comply with the requirements specified in that item in column 3.

[F8 (3A) A motor vehicle to which an item in Table II applies shall be so constructed as to comply with the requirements relating to conformity of production models set out in the provisions specified in that item in column (4) of that Table.]

[F9 (3B) Instead of complying with paragraph (1) a vehicle may comply with a relevant instrument.

(3C) Instead of complying with such provisions of items 1, 2 and 3 in Table I as apply to it, a vehicle may at the time of its first use comply with a relevant instrument.]

(4) [F10 For the purposes of paragraphs (3B) and (3C), a reference to a vehicle complying with a relevant instrument is a reference to a vehicle complying]—

(a) if it is propelled by a compression ignition engine, with Community Directive 72/306 (or, in the case of an agricultural vehicle, 77/537) or ECE Regulation 24.01, 24.02 or 24.03; or

[F11 (b) if it is propelled by a spark ignition engine —

(i) in a case where the first use is before 1st April 1991, with Community Directive 78/665, 83/351 [F12 , 88/76 or 91/441], or ECE Regulation 15.03 or 15.04; F13 ...]

[F14 (ii) in a case where the first use is on or after 1st April 1991 but before 31st December 1992 [F15 , or in a case where the vehicle is a vehicle to which Part III of Schedule 1B of the Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations applies,], with Community Directive 83/351, 88/76 or 91/441, or ECE Regulation 15.04; or

(iii) in any other case, with Community Directive 91/441.]

(5) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road any motor vehicle—

(a) from which any smoke, visible vapour, grit, sparks, ashes, cinders or oily substance is emitted if that emission causes, or is likely to cause, damage to any property or injury or danger to any person who is, or who may reasonably be expected to be, on the road;

(b) which is subject to the requirement in item 2 of [F7 Table I] (whether or not it is deemed to comply with that requirement by virtue of paragraph (4)), if the fuel injection equipment, the engine speed governor or any other parts of the engine by which it is propelled have been altered or adjusted so as to increase the emission of smoke; or

(c) which is subject to the requirement in item 1 of the Table if the device mentioned in column 2 in that item is used while the vehicle is in motion.

(6) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a motor vehicle to which item 3 of [F7 Table I] applies unless it is so maintained that the means specified in column 3 of that item are in good working order.

[F16 (7) Subject to paragraphs [F17 (7A),] (8), (9) and (10), no person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a motor vehicle to which an item in Table II applies if, in relation to the emission of the substances specified in column (6) of the item, the vehicle does not comply with the requirements relating to conformity of production models specified in column (4) unless the following conditions are satisfied in respect to it–

(a) the failure to meet those requirements in relation to the emission of those substances does not result from an alteration to the propulsion unit or exhaust system of the vehicle,

(b) [F18 neither would those requirements] be met in relation to the emission of those substances nor would such emissions be materially reduced if maintenance work of a kind which would fall within the scope of a normal periodic service of the vehicle were to be carried out on the vehicle, and

(c) the failure to meet those requirements in relation to such emissions does not result from any device designed to control the emission of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen or particulates fitted to the vehicle being other than in good and efficient working order.

[F19 (7A) In relation to a vehicle to which Part III of Schedule 1B of the Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations applies, item 8 of Table II shall have effect as if for the entry in column (3) there were substituted “31st December 1993”.]

(8) Paragraph (7) shall not apply to a vehicle first used before 26th June 1990.

(9) Where–

(a) a vehicle is fitted with a device of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (7),

(b) the vehicle does not comply with the requirements specified in that paragraph in respect to it, and

(c) the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that paragraph are satisfied in respect to the vehicle,

nothing in paragraph (7) shall prevent the vehicle being driven to a place where the device is to be repaired or replaced.

[F20 (10) Where a vehicle is constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles of that description, the date on which it is first used shall, for the purposes of paragraphs (3A), (7), (8) and (9), be regarded as being the 1st January immediately preceding the date of manufacture of the engine by which it is propelled.

However, the date on which a vehicle is first used shall not, by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, be regarded in any circumstances as being later than the date on which it would otherwise have been regarded as being first used had those provisions been omitted.]

[F21 (10A) Without prejudice to paragraphs (1) and (7) no person shall use, or cause or permit to be used on a road, a vehicle first used on or after the I August 1975 and propelled by a four-stroke spark ignition engine, unless the vehicle is in such a condition that, when the engine is idling—

(a) the carbon monoxide content of the exhaust emissions from the engine does not exceed—

(i) in the case of a vehicle first used on or after 1 August 1983, 4.5% or

(ii) in any other case, 6%;

of the total exhaust emissions from the engine by volume; and

(b) the hydrocarbon content of those emissions does not exceed 0. 12% of the total exhaust emissions from the engine by volume.

(10B) Paragraph (10A) does not apply to—

(a) a vehicle if at the date that the engine was manufactured, that engine was incapable of meeting the requirements specified in that paragraph;

(b) a vehicle being driven to a place where it is to undergo repairs;

(c) a vehicle which was constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles of that description;

(d) an exempt vehicle within the meaning given by paragraph (12)(a) above;

(e) a goods vehicle with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg;

(f) engineering plant, an industrial tractor, or a works truck; F22 ...

F23 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [F24 or

(h) a vehicle first used before 1st August 1987 if the engine is a rotary piston engine; and for the purposes of this paragraph “the engine”, in relation to a vehicle, means the engine by which it is propelled.]]

[F25 (10C) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) any rotary piston engine shall be deemed to be a four-stroke engine; and

(b) “rotary piston engine” means an engine in which the torque is provided by means of one or more rotary pistons and not by any reciprocating piston.]

(11) In this regulation, a reference to a vehicle to which an item in Table II applies is a reference to a vehicle which–

(a) is of a class specified in that item in column (2) of that Table,

(b) is first used on or after the date specified in that item in column (3) of that Table, and

(c) is not exempted by the entry in that item in column (5) of that Table.

[F26 and for the purposes of determining whether a vehicle is a vehicle to which item 8, 9 or 10 in that Table applies, regulation 4(2) shall be disregarded]

(12) In Table II–

(a) “exempt vehicle” means–

(i) a vehicle with less than 4 wheels,

(ii) a vehicle with a maximum gross weight of less than 400 kg,

(iii) a vehicle with a maximum speed of less than 25 km/h, or

(iv) an agricultural motor vehicle;

(b) “direct injection” means a fuel injection system in which the injector communicates with an open combustion chamber or the main part of a divided combusion chamber.

(c) “indirect injection” means a fuel injection system in which the injector communicates with the subsidiary part of a divided combustion chamber.

(d) a reference in column (5) to a vehicle complying with an item is a reference to a vehicle that complies with the provisions specified in that item in column (4) whether the vehicle is or is not within the class of vehicles to which that item applies and any instrument mentioned in that item shall for the purposes of the reference have effect as if it applied to the vehicle in question (whether it would otherwise have done so or not).]

[F27 Table I]

(regulation 61(3))

1	2	3	4
Item	Class of vehicle	Requirements	Exemptions
1	Vehicles propelled by a compression ignition engine and equipped with a device designed to facilitate starting the engine by causing it to be supplied with excess fuel.	Provision shall be made to ensure the device cannot readily be operated by a person inside the vehicle.	(a) a work truck; (b) a vehicle on which the device is so designed and maintained that— (i) its use after the engine has started cannot cause the engine to be supplied with excess fuel, or (ii) it does not cause any increase in the smoke or visible vapour emitted from the vehicle.
2	Vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1973 and propelled by a compression ignition engine.	The engine of the vehicle shall be of a type for which there has been issued by a person authorised by the Secretary of State a type test certificate in accordance with the British Standard Specification for the Performance of Diesel Engines for Road Vehicles published on 19th May 1971 under number BS AU 141a: 1971. In the case of an agricultural motor vehicle (other than one which is first used after 1st June 1986 and is driven at more than 20 mph), an industrial tractor, a works truck or engineering plant, for the purposes of that Specification as to the exhaust gas opacity, measurements shall be made with the engine running at 80% of its full load over the speed range from maximum speed down to the speed at which maximum torque occurs as declared by the manufacturer of the vehicle for those purposes.	(a) a vehicle manufactured before 1st April 1973 and propelled by an engine known as the Perkins 6.354 engine; (b) a vehicle propelled by an engine having not more than 2 cylinders and being an agricultural motor vehicle (other than one which is first used on or after 1st June 1986 and which is driven at more that 20 mph), an industrial tractor, a works truck or engineering plant.
3	Vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1972 and propelled by a spark ignition engine other than a 2-stroke engine.	The engine shall be equipped with means sufficient to ensure that, while the engine is running, any vapours or gases in the engine crank case, or in any other part of the engine to which vapours or gases may pass from that case, are prevented, so far as is reasonably practicable, from escaping into the atmosphere otherwise than through the combustion chamber of the engine.	(a) a two-wheeled motor cycle with or without a sidecar attached; (b) a vehicle to which item 4 below applies. (c) [F28 a vehicle to which any item in Table II applies.]
F29 . . .

[F30 TABLE II (regulation 61(3A) and (7))

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)		(5)	(6)
Item	Class of Vehicle	Date of First Use	Design, construction and equipment requirements		Vehicles exempted from requirements	Emitted Substances
			(a)	(b)
			Instrument	Place in instrument where requirement where requirements are stated
1	Vehicles propelled by a spark ignition engine	1st October 1992	Community Directive 78/665 or ECE Regulation 15.03.	Annex I, paragraph 3 and 5 Paragraphs 5, 8 and 11	(a) A vehicle whose maximum gross weight exceeds 3500 kg; (b) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 2, 4, 5 or 8; (c) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; (d) An exempt vehicle.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
2	All vehicles.	1st April 1991.	Community Directive 83/351 or ECE Regulation 15.04.	Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 Paragraphs 5, 8 and 12.	(a) A vehicle propelled by a compression ignition engine and whose maximum gross weight exceeds 3500 kg; (b) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 4, 5 and 8; (c) A vehicle within the meaning given by Article 1 of Community Directive 88/77 and which complies with the requirements of item 6, 9 or 10; (d) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; (e) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; (f) An exempt vehicle.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
3	Industrial tractors, works trucks and engineering plant propelled in each case by a compression ignition engine.	1st April 1993.	ECE Regulation 49.	Paragraphs 5 and 7.	A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 6, 9 or 10.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
4.	Passenger vehicles which— (a) are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, and (b) have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2500 kg. not being off-road vehicles.	1st April 1991.	Community Directive 88/76 or Community Directive 89-458 or ECE Regulation 83.	Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8. Paragraphs 5, 8 and 13.	(a) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 2 or 8; (b) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; (c) An exempt vehicle.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
5	Vehicles which are not of a description specified in this column in item 4 but which— (a) are propelled by a spark ignition engine and have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2000 kg, or (b) are propelled by a compression ignition engine and have a maximum gross weight of more than 3500 kg.	1st April 1992. 1st April 1991.	Community Directive 88/76 or ECE Regulation 83.	Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8. Paragraphs 5, 8 and 13.	(a) A vehicle within the meaning given by Article 1 of Community Directive 88/77 and which complies with the requirements of item 6, 9 or 10; (b) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; (c) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; (d) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8; (e) An exempt vehicle.	Carbonmonoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
6	All vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines.	1st April 1991.	Community Directive 88/77 or ECE Regulation 49.01.	Annex I, paragraphs 6, 7 and 8. Paragraphs 5, 6 and 7.	(a) A vehicle whose maximum gross weight is less than 3500 kg and which complies with the requirements of item 2; (b) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 4, 5, 8, 9 or 10; (c) A fire appliance which is first used before 1st October 1992; (d) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; (e) An exempt vehicle.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen.
7	Passenger vehicles which— (a) are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, (b) have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2500 kg, and (c) are propelled by a compression ignition engine of the indirect injection type.	1st April 1991.	Community Directive 88/436.	Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8, as far as they relate to particulate emissions.	(a) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8; (b) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; (c) An off-road vehicle; (d) An exempt vehicle.	Particulates.
8	All vehicles.	31st December 1992.	Community Directive 91/441.	Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8.	(a) A vehicle within the meaning given by Article 1 of Community Directive 88/77 and which complies with the requirements of item 6 and is first used before 1st October 1993 or which complies with the requirements of item 9 or 10; (b) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; (c) A vehicle whose maximum speed is less than 50 km/h; (d) An exempt vehicle.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons oxides of nitrogen, and particulates.
9	All vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines.	1st October 1993.	Community Directive 91/542.	Annex I, paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 (excluding line B in the Tables in sub-paragraphs 6.2.1 and 8.3.1.1).	(a) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8 or 10; (b) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; (c) An exempt vehicle.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates.
10	All vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines.	1st October 1996.	Community Directive 91/542.	Annex I, paragraphs 6,7 and 8 (excluding line A in the Tables in sub-paragraphs 6.2.1 and 8.3.1.1).	(a) A vehicle which complies with the requirements of item 8; (b) An industrial tractor, works truck or engineering plant; (c) An exempt vehicle.	Carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in reg. 61(1) inserted (1.11.1991) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1526), regs. 1, 5(2)

F7 Words in reg. 61(3)-(6) substituted (26.6.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1131), regs. 1, 4(2) (with reg. 2(2))

F8 Reg. 61(3A) inserted (26.6.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1131), regs. 1, 4(3) (with reg. 2(2))

F9 Reg. 61(3B)(3C) inserted (1.11.1991) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1526), regs. 1, 5(3)

F10 Words in reg. 61(4) substituted (1.11.1991) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1526), regs. 1, 5(4)

F11 Reg. 61(4)(b) substituted (1.10.1988) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1524), regs. 1, 7 (with reg. 2(2))

F12 Words in reg. 61(4)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)

F13 Word in reg. 61(4)(b)(i) omitted (31.12.1992) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)

F14 Reg. 61(4)(b)(ii)(iii) substituted for reg. 61(4)(b)(ii) (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(2)(c)

F15 Words in reg. 61(4)(b)(ii) inserted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2909), regs. 1, 3(2)

F16 Reg. 61(7)-(12) inserted (26.6.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1131), regs. 1, 4(4) (with reg. 2(2))

F17 Word in reg. 61(7) inserted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2909), regs. 1, 3(3)

F18 Words in reg. 61(7)(b) substituted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(3)

F19 Reg. 61(7A) inserted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2909), regs. 1, 3(4)

F20 Reg. 61(10) substituted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(4)

F21 Reg. 61(10A)(10B) inserted (1.11.1991) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1526), regs. 1, 5(5)

F22 Word in reg. 61(10B)(f) omitted (31.12.1992) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(5)

F23 Reg. 61(10B)(g) omitted (1.2.1993) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3285), regs. 1, 4

F24 Reg. 61(10B)(h) and word inserted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(5)

F25 Reg. 61(10C) inserted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(6)

F26 Words in reg. 61(11) inserted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(7)

F27 Table renumbered as Table 1 (26.6.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1131), regs. 1, 4(5) (with reg. 2(2))

F28 Reg. 61 Table 1 words inserted (26.6.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1131), regs. 1, 4(5)(a) (with reg. 2(2))

F29 Reg. 61 Table 1 words omitted (26.6.1990) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1131), regs. 1, 4(5)(b) (with reg. 2(2))

F30 Reg. 61 Table 2 substituted (31.12.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2137), regs. 1, 3(8)

Commencement Information

I8 Reg. 61 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Closets etc E+W+S

62.—(1) No wheeled vehicle first used after 15th January 1931 shall be equipped with any closet or urinal which can discharge directly on to a road.

(2) Every tank into which a closet or urinal with which a vehicle is equipped empties, and every closet or urinal which does not empty into a tank, shall contain chemicals which are non-inflammable and non-irritant and provide an efficient germicide.

Commencement Information

I9 Reg. 62 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Wings E+W+S

63.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (4), this regulation applies to—

(a) invalid carriages;

(b) heavy motor cars, motor cars and motor cycles, not being agricultural motor vehicles or pedestrian-controlled vehicles;

(c) agricultural motor vehicles driven at more than 20 mph; and

(d) trailers.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be equipped with wings or other similar fittings to catch, so far as practicable, mud or water thrown up by the rotation of its wheels or tracks.

(3) The requirements specified in paragraph (2) apply, in the case of a trailer with more than two wheels, only in respect of the rearmost two wheels.

(4) Those requirements do not apply in respect of—

(a) a works truck;

(b) a living van;

(c) a water cart;

(d) an agricultural trailer drawn by a motor vehicle which is not driven at a speed in excess of 20 mph;

(e) an agricultural trailed appliance;

(f) an agricultural trailed appliance conveyor;

(g) a broken down vehicle;

(h) a heavy motor car, motor car or trailer in an unfinished condition which is proceeding to a workshop for completion;

(i) a trailer used for or in connection with the carriage of round timber and the rear wheels of any heavy motor car or motor car drawing a semi-trailer so used; or

(j) a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle the maximum speed of which is restricted to 20 mph or less under Schedule 6 to the 1984 Act.

(5) Instead of complying with paragraph (2) a vehicle may comply with Community Directive 78/549.

Commencement Information

I10 Reg. 63 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Spray suppression devices E+W+S

64.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), this regulation applies to every wheeled goods vehicle which is—

(a) a motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1986 having a maximum gross weight exceeding 12,000 kg;

(b) a trailer manufactured on or after 1st May 1985 having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg; or

(c) a trailer, whenever manufactured, having a maximum gross weight exceeding 16,000 kg and 2 or more axles.

(2) This regulation does not apply to—

(a) a motor vehicle so constructed that the driving power of its engine is, or can by use of its controls be, transmitted to all the wheels on at least one front axle and on at least one rear axle;

(b) a motor vehicle of which no part which lies within the specified area is less than 400 mm vertically above the ground when the vehicle is standing on reasonably flat ground;

(c) a works truck;

(d) a works trailer;

(e) a broken down vehicle;

(f) a motor vehicle which has a maximum speed not exceeding 30 mph;

(g) a vehicle of a kind specified in sub-paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k), (o) or (p) of regulation 51(2);

(h) a vehicle specially designed, and not merely adapted, for the carriage and mixing of liquid concrete; or

(i) a vehicle which is being driven or towed to a place where by previous arrangement a device is to be fitted so that it complies with the requirements specified in paragraph (3).

[F31 (2A) This regulation shall not apply to a vehicle fitted with a spray-suppression system in accordance with the requirements of Annex III of Community Directive 91/226(3) if the spray suppression devices with which the vehicle is equipped are legibly and permanently marked with a designated approval mark.]

(3) A vehicle to which this regulation applies and which is of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table shall not be used on a road on or after the date specified in column 3 in that item, unless it is fitted in relation to the wheels on each of its axles, with such containment devices as satisfy the technical requirements and other provisions about containment devices specified in the British Standard Specification, provided that in the case of a containment device fitted before 1st January 1985 the said requirements shall be deemed to be complied with if that containment device substantially conforms to those requirements.

TABLE

(regulation 64(3))

1	2	3
Item	Class of Vehicle	Date
1	A trailer manufactured before 1st January 1975	1st October 1987
2	A trailer manufactured on or after 1st January 1975 but before 1st May 1985	1st October 1986
3	A trailer manufactured on or after 1st May 1985	1st May 1985
4	A motor vehicle	1st April 1986

(4) In this regulation—

[F32 “the British Standard Specification” means—

(a)

in relation to a containment device fitted before 1st May 1987, Part 1a of the amended Specification and Part 2 of the original Specification; and

(b)

in relation to a containment device fitted on or after 1st May 1987, Part 1a and Part 2a of the amended Specification;

[F33 “designated approval mark” means the marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 30 in Schedule 4 to those Regulations;]

“the original Specification” means the British Standard Specification for Spray Reducing Devices for Heavy Goods Vehicles published under the reference BS AU 200: Part 1: 1984 and BS AU 200; Part 2: 1984;

“the amended Specification” means the original Specification as amended and published under the reference BS AU 200: Part 1a: 1986 and BS AU 200: Part 2a: 1986;

“containment device” means any device so described in the original Specification or the amended Specification;]

“the specified area” means the area formed by the overall length of the vehicle and the middle 80% of the shortest distance between the inner edges of any two wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle (such distance being ascertained when the vehicle is fitted with suitable tyres inflated to a pressure recommended by the manufacturer, but excluding any bulging of the tyres near the ground) .

(5) Nothing in this regulation derogates from any requirement specified in regulation 63.

Textual Amendments

F31 Reg. 64(2A) inserted (1.4.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/646), regs. 1, 2(2)

F32 Words in reg. 64(4) substituted (10.10.1986) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1597), regs. 1, 4 (with reg. 3)

F33 Words in reg. 64(4) inserted (1.4.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/646), regs. 1, 2(3)

Commencement Information

I11 Reg. 64 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Maintenance of spray suppression devices E+W+S

65.  Every part of every containment device with which a vehicle is required to be fitted by the provisions of regulation 64 shall at all times when the vehicle is on a road be maintained free from any obvious defect which would be likely to affect adversely the effectiveness of the device.

Commencement Information

I12 Reg. 65 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1