The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 524

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

Made

20th March 1987

Laid before Parliament

1st April 1987

Coming into force

22nd April 1987

The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 22nd April 1987.

2.  The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980(3) are hereby amended so that in Part I of Schedule 2 in item 8, in the entry in column 2, there is added—

“or 71/127/EEC as amended by 79/795/EEC, 85/205/EEC and 86/562/EEC.

6th November 1986

O.J. L327, 22.11.86, p.49”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Peter Bottomley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

20th March 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980 so that the type approval requirements relating to the rear view mirrors of motor vehicles are, as an alternative to the existing requirements, the requirements of Council Directive 71/127/EEC as amended by Commission Directives 79/795/EEC, 85/205/EEC and 86/562/EEC.

2.  Copies of the Council Directive and Commission Directives referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

S.I. 1980/1182, amended by S.I. 1986/1501.