The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 1971

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1991

Made

3rd September 1991

Laid before Parliament

10th September 1991

Coming into force

1st October 1991

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54(1) and 61 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1), and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:–

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st October 1991.

Preliminary

2.  The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984(2) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Amendments to regulation 2 (Interpretation)

3.  –

(1) For the heading preceding regulation 2 there shall be substituted–

“General Interpretation”.

(2) Regulation 2(2) shall be omitted.

(3) After regulation 2, there shall be inserted–

“Interpretation of instruments referred to in Schedule 1

2A.   The instruments referred to in column 3 of Schedule 1 shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, have effect as if–

(a) a reference to a vehicle in category M1 were a reference to a vehicle described as M1 in Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6th February 1970; and

(b) a reference to a vehicle in category L5 were a reference to a vehicle described as L5 in ECE Regulation 78 of 15th October 1988.”.

Amendments to type approval requirements in respect of brakes

4.  In Schedule 1, for items 13E, 13F and 13G there shall be substituted the items numbered 13E, 13F and 13G set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Christopher Chope

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

3rd September 1991

Regulation 4

THE SCHEDULE

(1) Item No.	(2) Subject matter	(3) Particulars of instrument or other document containing requirements and of the nature of the requirement			(4) Vehicles exempted from requirement	(5) Date of application	(6) Date of cessation of application
		(a) Description, reference number and date of instrument	(b) Official Journal reference of Community Instrument	(c) Nature of requirement and place in instrument where stated
13E	Brakes	ECE Regulation 13 as revised on 4th January 1979, amended on 11th August 1981 and amended and corrected on 26th November 1984.		Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category M1 vehicles in paragraphs 2, 5.1, 5.3.2 and 6 and, if applicable, in Annexes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13.		26.5.1986
		or
		ECE Regulation 13 as revised on 4th January 1979, amended on 11th August 1981, amended and corrected on 26th November 1984, corrected on 31st December 1985 and amended on 1st April 1987, 5th October 1987 and 29th July 1988.		Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category M1 vehicles in paragraphs 2, 5.1, 5.3.2 and 6 and, if applicable, in Annexes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13.		1.10.1991
		or
		ECE Regulation 13 as revised on 4th January 1979, amended on 11th August 1981, amended and corrected on 26th November 1984, corrected on 31st December 1985 and amended on 1st April 1987, 5th October 1987, 29th July 1988 and 22nd November 1990.		Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category M1 vehicles in paragraphs 2, 5.1, 5.2.1 and 6 and, if applicable, in Annexes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13.		1.10.91
13F	Brakes	ECE Regulation 13 as revised on 4th January 1979, amended on 11th August 1981 and amended and corrected on 26th November 1984.		Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category L5 vehicles in paragraphs 2, 5.1, 5.3.1.3, 5.3.1.4, 5.3.1.5 and 6 and if applicable, in Annex 13.		26.5.1986
		or
		ECE Regulation 13 as revised on 4th January 1979, amended on 11th August 1981, amended and corrected on 26th November 1984, corrected on 31st December 1985 and amended on 1st April 1987, 5th October 1987 and 29th July 1988.		Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category L5 vehicles in paragraphs 2.5.1, 5.3.1.3, 5.3.1.4, 5.3.1.5 and 6 and if applicable, in Annex 13.		1.10.1991
		or
		ECE Regulation 78 if 20th October 1988 as amended on 28th November 1990		Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category L5 vehicles in paragraphs 2, 5.1, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, and 6.		1.10.1991
13G	Brakes	Council Directive 71/320/EEC of 26th July 1971 as amended by Commission Directive 74/132/EEC of 11th February 1974, Commission Directive 75/524/EEC of 25th July 1975, Commission Directive 79/489/EEC of 18th April 1979, corrected on 26th July 1979 and amended by Commission Directive 85/647/EEC of 23rd December 1985.	L202, 6.9.71, p. 37 (SE 1971 (III), p. 746), L74, 19.3.74, p.7, L236, 8.9.75, p.3, L128, 26.5.79, p.12, L188, 26.7.79, p. 54 and L380, 31.12.85, p.1.	Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category M1 vehicles in Annexes I, II, IV, VII, X (if applicable) and XII.		1.10.1987
		or
		Council Directive 71/320/EEC of 26th July 1971 as amended by Commission Directive 74/132/EEC of 11th February 1974, Commission Directive 75/524/EEC of 25th July 1975, Commission Directive 79/489/EEC of 18th April 1979, corrected on 26th July 1979 and amended by Commission Directive 85/647/EEC of 23rd December 1985 and Commission Directive 88/194/EEC of 24th March 1988.	L202, 6.9.81, p.37 (SE 1971 (III) p. 746), L74, 19.3.74, p.7, L236, 8.9.75, p.3, L128, 26.5.79, p.12, L188, 26.7.79, p.54, L380, 31.12.85, p.1. and L92, 9.4.88, p.47.	Design, construction and equipment requirements prescribed for category M1 vehicles in Annexes I, II, IV, VII, X (if applicable) and XII.		1.10.1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984.

Regulation 3 introduces a new regulation 2A entitled “Interpretation of Instruments referred to in Schedule 1”.

Regulation 4 revises the type approval requirements relating to brakes so as to take account of amendments to both ECE Regulation 13 and Council Directive 71/320/EEC and to introduce, as an alternative, the requirements of ECE Regulation 78 as amended on 28th November 1990 in relation to category L5 vehicles.

Copies of the ECE Regulations (and amendments) and of the EEC Directives (and amendments) referred to in these Regulations and in this note can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

(1)

1988 c. 52.

(2)

S.I. 1984/981; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/1761, 1985/1651, 1986/739, 1987/1509 and 1991/1022.