The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Amendments to Schedule 2

14.—(1) Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2 (the prescribed statutory requirements for vehicles in Class III) in the table in sub-paragraph (b), for item 19 there shall be substituted—

“19	46, 47 and 48	Seat Belts and Anchorages fitted in accordance with the said regulations 46 and 47
19A	100(1) (insofar as it relates to the condition of the seat belts and anchorages)	Seat Belts, other than those referred to in item 19 above, and their anchorages”

(3) After paragraph 3 (the prescribed statutory requirements for vehicles in Class IV) there shall be inserted—

“THE PRESCRIBED STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES IN CLASS IVA

3A.— (a) The requirements specified in items 2, 3, 4 and 7 to 28 in paragraphs 1 to 3 above.

(b) The requirements contained in the following provision of the Construction and Use Regulations:—

Item No.	Regulations	Affecting
28A	100(1) (insofar as it relates to the manner in which the seat belts and anchorages have been installed including, in the case of a seat which incorporates integral seat belt anchorages, the system by which the seat assembly itself is secured to the vehicle structure)	Seat Belts, other than child restraints, disabled person’s belts or those referred to in item 19 of paragraph 2 above, fitted to forward facing seats, and their anchorages”

(4) After paragraph 4 (the prescribed statutory requirements for vehicles in Class V) there shall be inserted—

“THE PRESCRIBED STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES IN CLASS VA

4A.   The requirements specified in items 2, 3, 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 20, 22, 24 to 26 and 28 to 33 in paragraphs 1 to 4 above.”

(5) In paragraph 5 (the prescribed statutory requirements for vehicles in Class VI) in sub-paragraph (a), for “26 and 28 to 33” there shall be substituted “26, 28 and 29 to 33”.

(6) After paragraph 5 there shall be inserted—

“THE PRESCRIBED STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES IN CLASS VIA

5A.— (a) The requirements specified in items 2, 3, 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 20, 22, 24 to 26, 28 to 38 and 79 in paragraphs 1 to 5 above.

(b) For minibuses of a type mentioned in regulation 41 of the Construction and Use Regulations, the requirements specified in items 64 to 78 in paragraph 5 above.

(c) The requirements of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation(1) insofar as they relate to the installation of recording equipment and the seals to be affixed to such equipment.”

(7) In paragraph 6 (the prescribed statutory requirements for vehicles in Class VII), for “and 15 to 29A in paragraphs 1 to 5 above” there shall be substituted “, 15 to 28, 29 and 29A in paragraphs 1 to 4 above”.

(1)

“Community Recording Equipment Regulation” has the meaning given in section 85 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. The definition was substituted by S.I. 1996/941.