CHAPTER XIIU.K. INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS
Article 57U.K.UN Regulations required for [F1GB] type-approval
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.
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)
Article 58U.K.Equivalence of UN Regulations for the purpose of [F8GB] type-approval
1.The UN Regulations listed in Part II of Annex II are recognised as being equivalent to the corresponding regulatory acts to the extent that they share the same scope and subject matter.
2.The approval [F9authority] shall accept type-approvals granted in accordance with the UN Regulations referred to in paragraph 1 and, where applicable, shall accept the relevant approval marks in place of the corresponding type-approvals and approval marks that were granted in accordance with this Regulation and the regulatory acts listed in Annex II.
Textual Amendments
F8Word in Art. 58 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(2)(a)
F9Word in Art. 58(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(2)(b)