The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020

Grant of [F1 GB small series type-approval and UK (NI)] national small series type approval U.K.

16.—(1) The approval authority must—

[F2 (a) make the decision whether or not to grant—

(i) a GB small series type-approval or an amendment to such an approval in accordance with Article 42 of the Type Approval Regulation (type-approval of vehicles produced in small series),

(ii) a UK (NI) national small series type-approval or an amendment to such an approval in accordance with Article 42 of the EU Type Approval Regulation, or

(iii) an amendment to a national small series type-approval granted prior to IP completion day in accordance with Article 42 of the Type Approval Regulation,]

(b) not grant the approval without first being satisfied that adequate arrangements have been made to ensure that production vehicles conform to the approved type, and

(c) give notice of the decision to the applicant.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the alternative requirements required to be laid down under Article 42(2) are the technical or other requirements specified in Schedule 1.

(3) Where the approval authority decides to grant or amend [F3 a type-approval in accordance with paragraph (1)], the authority must issue a type approval certificate which complies with regulation 20(1).

(4) If the holder of a [F4 type-approval granted or amended in accordance with paragraph (1)] so requests, the approval authority must send, by registered or electronic mail, a copy of the type approval certificate and any attachments relating to it to an authority in a member State F5 ... corresponding to the approval authority.

(5) Upon receiving a request from a person wishing to sell, register or put into service in a member State F6 ... a vehicle manufactured in conformity with a [F7 type-approval granted or amended in accordance with paragraph (1)], the approval authority must supply to the authority in that member State corresponding to the approval authority a copy of the type approval certificate and any attachments relating to it.

(6) The approval authority may refuse to grant a [F8 GB small series type-approval or a UK (NI)] national small series type approval if the authority is not satisfied that the applicant has made adequate arrangements to comply with regulation 7.

(7) The holder of [F9 a type approval granted under paragraph (1)] must issue, in respect of each vehicle (whether incomplete, complete or completed) which is manufactured in conformity with that approval, a certificate of conformity which—

(a) complies with regulation 20(3), and

(b) is numbered sequentially between 1 and the maximum permitted number to denote, in respect of each year of production, the position of the vehicle within the production allocated for that year.

(8) In paragraph (7), “maximum permitted number” and “year” have the meanings given in regulation 21(9).

(9) Article 36(3) of the Type Approval Regulation [F10 or, in the case of a UK (NI) national small series type approval, the EU Type Approval Regulation,] applies in relation to the issue of a duplicate of a certificate of conformity originally issued under paragraph (7).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 16 heading inserted (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), 14(3)(a)

F2 Reg. 16(1)(a) 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), 14(3)(b)

F3 Words in reg. 16(3) 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), 14(3)(c)

F4 Words in reg. 16(4) 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), 14(3)(d)(i)

F5 Words in reg. 16(4) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of 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), 14(3)(d)(ii)

F6 Words in reg. 16(5) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of 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), 14(3)(d)(ii)

F7 Words in reg. 16(5) 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), 14(3)(d)(i)

F8 Words in reg. 16(6) inserted (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), 14(3)(e)

F9 Words in reg. 16(7) 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), 14(3)(f)

F10 Words in reg. 16(9) inserted (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), 14(3)(g)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 16 in force at 1.9.2020, see reg. 1(b)