1.UN Regulations or amendments thereto which the [F2United Kingdom] has voted in favour of, or that the [F2United Kingdom] applies and that are listed in Annex II, shall be part of the requirements for the [F3GB] type-approval of vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units.
2.Where the [F4United Kingdom] has voted in favour of a UN Regulation or amendments thereto for the purpose of whole-vehicle type-approval, the [F5the Secretary of State may by regulations supplement] this Regulation by making that UN Regulation or the amendments thereto compulsory or amending this Regulation.
[F6Regulations made under this paragraph must] specify the dates from which that UN Regulation or amendments are to be compulsory, and shall include transitional provisions, where appropriate, and, where applicable for the purposes of [F7GB] type-approval, first registration and entry into service of vehicles and making available on the market of systems, components and separate technical units.
[F83.UN Regulations and amendments made thereto which are compulsory and the dates from which they are compulsory are specified in Annex XII.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Art. 57 heading substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 34(1)(a)
F2Words in Art. 57(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 34(1)(b)(i)
F3Word in Art. 57(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 34(1)(b)(ii)
F4Words in Art. 57(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 34(1)(c)(i)(aa)
F5Words in Art. 57(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 34(1)(c)(i)(bb)
F6Words in Art. 57(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 34(1)(c)(ii)(aa)
F7Word in Art. 57(2) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 34(1)(c)(ii)(bb)
F8Art. 57(3) inserted (13.11.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1110), regs. 1(2), 2(2)