The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

Amendments of regulation 4 (type approval requirements)

5.  In regulation 4, the following new paragraphs shall be added at the end—

“(9) Where, in relation to item 4B(1), 4B(2), 4B(3), 4D(1), 4D(2) or 4D(3) in Schedule 1, a date is specified in column (6) of that Schedule (being a date of cessation of application of type approval requirements), that date shall not apply to any vehicle of a description set out in paragraph (10) but, in relation to any such vehicle, column (6) shall be read and shall have effect as if there was substituted in that column for the date specified therein the date mentioned in paragraph (10) in connection with a particular description of vehicle.

(10) The following descriptions of vehicles apply for the purposes of paragraph (9)—

(a) vehicles having a maximum gross weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes and propelled otherwise than by compression ignition engines and for which, or for a model of which, there is a type approval certificate or (as the case may be) a Minister’s approval certificate in force on 1st October 1988 and, in relation to any such vehicle, the date substituted for the date specified in column (6) of Schedule 1 shall be 30th September 1989;

(b) vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines, or propelled otherwise than by such engines if having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes, and for which, or for a model of which, there is no type approval certificate or (as the case may be) Minister’s approval certificate in force on 1st October 1988 and, in relation to any such vehicle, the date substituted for the date specified in column (6) of Schedule 1 shall be 30th September 1989; and

(c) vehicles propelled by compression ignition engines, or propelled otherwise than by such engines if having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes, and for which, or for a model of which, there is a type approval certificate in force on 1st October 1989 and, in relation to any such vehicle, the date substituted for the date specified in column (6) of Schedule 1 shall be 30th September 1990.

(11) Where, in relation to item 4C(1), 4C(2) or 4C(3) in Schedule 1, a date is specified in column (6) of that Schedule, that date shall not apply to any vehicle for which, or for a model of which, there is a type approval certificate in force on 1st October 1989 but, in relation to any such vehicle, column (6) shall be read and shall have effect as if 30th September 1990 was substituted for the date specified therein.

(12) Where, in relation to item 6, 6A, 6B, 6C or 6D in Schedule 1, a date is specified in column (6) of that Schedule, that date shall not apply to any vehicle in categories M1, M2 or N1 but, in relation to any such vehicle, column (6) shall be read and shall have effect as if 30th September 1989 was substituted for the date specified therein.”.