The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Regulation 12

THE SCHEDULE

Regulations 3 and 16

SCHEDULE 3 THE PRESCRIBED CONSTRUCTION AND USE REQUIREMENTS

PART I

1.   The requirements contained in the provisions of the Construction and Use Regulations(1) set out in column (2) of Table I below.

TABLE I

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item No.	Regulation	Subject Matter
1	15 to 18	Braking systems
2	24 to 27	Tyres
3	29	Maintenance of steering gear
4	30	View to the front
5	33	Mirrors
6	34	Windscreen wipers and washers
7	35 and 36	Speedometer
8	36B	Speed limiters
9	37	Audible warning
10	46, 47 and 48	Seat Belt
11	49 and 50	Rear under-run protection
12	51 and 52	Side guards
13	54	Maintenance of silencer
14	61	Smoke emission, oil etc.
15	64 and 65	Spray suppression equipment
16	70A	Speed limiter plates

2.   The requirements contained in the provisions of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989(2) set out in column (2) of Table II below to the extent shown in column (4) of that Table (expressions used in that Table having the same meanings as they have in those Regulations).

TABLE II

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Item No.	Regulation	Subject matter	Extent
17	18	Obligatory lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices	Except in so far as the regulation relates to dim-dip devices, running lamps, front fog lamps, reversing lamps and warning beacons.
18	20	Optional lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices	In so far as the regulation relates to— headlamps fitted to motor vehicles; direction indicators; rear fog lamps; stop lamps; and rear markings.
19	23	Maintenance of lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices	Except in so far as the regulation relates to dim-dip devices, running lamps, front fog lamps, reversing lamps and warning beacons.

3.   The requirements, in so far as they relate to the installation of recording equipment in Article 3 and the seals to be affixed to such equipment in Article 12 and paragraph 4 of Section V of Annex 1 of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation (as defined in section 85 of the 1988 Act).

PART II

4.   The requirements of this Part of this Schedule, in relation to a vehicle, are that the condition of the vehicle is such that its use on a road would not involve a danger of injury to any person having regard in particular to items of the following descriptions—

• spare wheel carrier;

• trailer coupling on a motor vehicle;

• coupling on a trailer;

• the chassis;

• electrical wiring and equipment;

• landing legs;

• engine mountings;

• fuel tanks and system;

• transmission shafts and associated equipment;

• exhaust system;

• battery;

• wheels and hubs;

• suspension system;

• axles and steering gear;

• shock absorbers;

• bumpers;

• wings;

• the cab;

• driving seat;

• the body;

• driver’s controls;

• cab step or step rings;

• glass or other transparent material in windscreen or windows.

(1)

“Construction and Use Regulations” is defined in regulation 3(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 as meaning the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. Relevant amendments to the 1986 Regulations are 86/1597, 87/676 and 1133, 88/1178, and 1524, 89/1478 and 1695, 90/1131 and 1981, 1991/1526, 1527, 2003 and 2710, 92/352, 646, 2137, 2909 and 3088, and 93/1946.

(2)

S.I. 1989/1796.