[F1 ANNEX II U.K. DEFINITION OF VEHICLE CATEGORIES AND VEHICLE TYPES

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2001/116/EC of 20 December 2001 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Text with EEA relevance).

B. DEFINITION OF VEHICLE TYPE U.K.

3. For the purpose of categories N ₁ , N ₂ and N ₃ : U.K.

• A ‘ type ’ shall consist of vehicles, which do not differ in at least the following essential respects:

  • the manufacturer,

  • the manufacturer's type designation,

  • category,

  • essential aspects of construction and design:

    • chassis/floor pan (obvious and fundamental differences),

    • number of axles,

  • power plant (internal combustion/electric/hybrid),

• ‘ Variant ’ of a type means vehicles within a type which do not differ in at least the following essential respects:

  • body structural concept (e.g. platform truck/tipper/tanker/semi-trailer towing vehicle) (only for complete vehicles),

  • extent of build (e.g. complete/incomplete),

  • power plant:

    • working principle (as in point 3.2.1.1 of Annex III),

    • number and arrangement of cylinders,

    • power differences of more than 50 % (the highest is more than 1,5 times the lowest),

    • capacity differences of more than 50 % (the highest is more than 1,5 times the lowest),

  • technically permissible maximum laden mass differences of more than 20 % (the highest is more than 1,2 times the lowest),

  • powered axles (number, position, interconnection),

  • steered axles (number and position),

• ‘ Version ’ of a variant means vehicles, which consist of a combination of items shown in the information package subject to the requirements in Annex VIII.]