The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979

Approval marks required by ECE Regulations

4.—(1) The Minister of Transport hereby designates as approval marks the markings which, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Regulation, are in the forms shown in the diagrams in column (2) of Schedule 2, and of the sizes specified in the ECE Regulations specified in column (5) of that Schedule in relation to those markings, each such marking being a marking which—

(a) relates to the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part specified in relation to that marking in column (3) of that Schedule, and is applied to the motor vehicle part, or to the motor vehicle itself, as indicated in relation to that marking in column (4) of that Schedule; and

(b) is a marking for which the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of that Schedule in relation to that marking makes such provision as is mentioned in section 63(1)(a) and (b) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 as respects that vehicle or part.

(2) Where in relation to a marking shown in column (2) of Schedule 2 a numbered paragraph of Schedule 3 is specified in column (6) of Schedule 2 the requirements or permitted variations provided for in that paragraph shall apply to that marking.

(3) Where—

(a) under two or more of the ECE Regulations specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 a Contracting State has approved a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part as conforming to an approved type;

(b) at least one of those ECE Regulations provides for the application to the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part of a common mark followed by the numbers of the ECE Regulations under which approval has been given; and

(c) the United Kingdom has approved the use of a common mark in such cases,

the marking on the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, as respects those aspects specified in column (3) of Schedule 2 in relation to those ECE Regulations, may consist of a diagram comprising—

(i) the common features and numbers in the markings specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 in relation to those aspects, and

(ii) a list (placed vertically to the right of the circle in the diagram) of the numbers of those ECE Regulations, and any features or numbers which are peculiar to any of the said markings.