The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022

Amendments to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

4.—(1) Section 6 (certificate of initial fitness (or equivalent) required for use as public service vehicles) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(d)—

(a) before sub-paragraph (i), insert—

“(ai) a GB certificate of conformity;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (i), for “an EU” substitute “a relevant”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (ii), omit “national”.

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) omit the definition of “EU certificate of conformity”;

(b) omit the definition of “national small series certificate of conformity”;

(c) in the appropriate places, insert—

““GB certificate of conformity” means—

(a)

a GB certificate of conformity within the meaning of Article 3(5B) of the Type Approval Regulation, or

(b)

a certificate of conformity issued under section 57(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988;”;

““relevant certificate of conformity” means—

(a)

a UK (NI) certificate of conformity, as defined in Article 3(5C) of the Type Approval Regulation, or

(b)

in a case where the vehicle—

(i)

was in the United Kingdom before IP completion day;

(ii)

is a qualifying Northern Ireland good, within the meaning of section 47 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020(2); or

(iii)

is approved as a type vehicle under section 55(1A) or (1D) of the Road Traffic Act 1988,

an EU certificate of conformity, as defined in Article 3(5A) of the Type Approval Regulation;”;

““small series certificate of conformity” means a certificate issued under regulation 16(7) of the Approval Regulations;”;

““Type Approval Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.” (3).

(1)

1981 c. 14. Section 6 has been amended by section 289G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), section 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 10 of the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49), paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), S.I. 2009/818, and 2020/818.

(2)

2020 c. 27.

(3)

EUR 2018/858.