The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020

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Form of certificates: [F1UK (NI) national small series type approval, GB small series type-approval] and individual approvalU.K.

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20.—(1) A [F2UK (NI) national] small series type approval certificate [F3or a GB small series type-approval certificate] must be in the form set out in Model A of Annex III [F4—

(a)to the Implementing Regulation, in the case of a GB small series type-approval certificate, or

(b)to the EU Implementing Regulation, in the case of a UK (NI) national small series type-approval certificate.]

[F5(1A) An EU individual vehicle approval certificate must be in the form set out in Model D of Annex III to the EU Implementing Regulation.]

(2) An individual approval certificate must be in the form set out in Model E of Annex III [F6—

(a)to the Implementing Regulation, in the case of a GB individual vehicle approval certificate, or

(b)to the EU Implementing Regulation, in the case of a UK (NI) national individual vehicle approval certificate.]

(3) [F7The certificate of conformity for a GB small series type-approval or a national small series type-approval granted by the Secretary of State before IP completion day] must be in the same format as that prescribed by Articles 36 and 37 of the Type Approval Regulation and Article 8 of the Implementing Regulation for an [F8GB certificate of conformity] relating to a vehicle of the same category and class containing such particulars as are relevant to the vehicle in respect of which it is issued, save that—

[F9(a)the certificate must carry the heading “Small Series Certificate of Conformity (Great Britain), or, in the case of a national small series type-approval granted by the Secretary of State before IP completion day, National Small Series Certificate of Conformity (United Kingdom)”;]

(b)for each reference to [F10a GB type-approval] there must be substituted a reference to a [F11GB] small series type approval, and

(c)for [F12"GB type-approved"], in each place the expression occurs, there must be substituted “[F13GB small series] type-approved”.

[F14(3A) A UK (NI) national small series certificate of conformity must be in the same format as that prescribed by Articles 36 and 37 of the EU Type Approval Regulation and Article 8 of the EU Implementing Regulation for an EU certificate of conformity relating to a vehicle of the same category and class containing such particulars as are relevant to the vehicle in respect of which it is issued, save that—

(a)the certificate must carry the heading “National Small Series Certificate of Conformity (Northern Ireland)”,

(b)for each reference to an EU type-approval there must be substituted a reference to a national small series type-approval, and

(c)for “EU type-approved”, in each place the expression occurs, there must be substituted “nationally type-approved”.]

(4) In this regulation,

[F15(a)]“the Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 of 15 April 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regards to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehiclesM1;

[F16(b)“the EU Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 of 15 April 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regards to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles as it has effect in EU law and by virtue of the Northern Ireland Protocol.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in reg. 20 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), 14(7)(a)

F2Words in reg. 20(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), 14(7)(b)(i)

F3Words in reg. 20(1) 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(7)(b)(ii)

F4Words in reg. 20(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), 14(7)(b)(iii)

F5Reg. 20(1A) 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(7)(c)

F6Words in reg. 20(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), 14(7)(d)

F7Words in reg. 20(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(7)(e)(i)(aa)

F8Words in reg. 20(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(7)(e)(i)(bb)

F9Reg. 20(3)(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(7)(e)(ii)

F10Words in reg. 20(3)(b) 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(7)(e)(iii)(aa)

F11Word in reg. 20(3)(b) 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(7)(e)(iii)(bb)