Part IIConstruction, Equipment and Maintenance of Vehicles
B —Brakes
Braking systems of vehicles to which regulation 20 does not apply21
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), this regulation applies to vehicles to which regulation 20 does not apply.
2
This regulation does not apply to a vehicle which complies with the requirements of regulation 20 by virtue of the provision to regulation 20(l), (2), (4) or (5), or which complies with Community Directive 79/489, 85/647, 88/194 or 91/422 or ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, 13.05 or 13.06.
3
This regulation does not apply to the following vehicles, except in the case of a vehicle referred to in (a) insofar as the regulation concerns parking brakes (requirements 16 to 18 in the Table in Schedule 2)—
a
a locomotive first used before 2nd January 1933, propelled by steam, and with an engine which is capable of being reversed;
b
a trailer which is designed for use and used for street cleansing and does not carry any load other than its necessary gear and equipment;
c
a trailer which has a maximum total design axle weight that does not exceed 750 kg;
d
a trailer which—
i
is an agricultural trailer manufactured before 1st July 1947;
ii
is being drawn by a motor tractor or an agricultural motor vehicle at a speed not exceeding 10 mph;
iii
has a laden weight not exceeding 4070 kg; and
iv
is the only trailer being drawn;
e
a trailer which is being drawn by a motor cycle in accordance with regulation 82;
f
an agricultural trailed appliance;
g
an agricultural trailed appliance conveyor;
h
a broken down vehicle;
i
a gritting trailer with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2,000 kg.
4
Subject to paragraph (7), a vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table shall comply with the requirements shown in column 3 in that item, subject to any exemptions or modifications shown in column 4 in that item, reference to numbers in column 3 being references to the requirements so numbered in the Table in Schedule 2.
(regulation 21(4))
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
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Item | Class of vehicle | Requirements in the Table in Schedule 2 | Exemptions or modifications |
Motor cars | |||
1. | First used before 1st January 1915 | 3, 6, 7, 13, 16 | Requirements 13 and 16 do not apply to a motor car with less than 4 wheels. |
2. | First used on or after 1st January 1915 but before 1st April 1938 | 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16 | A works truck within items 1 to 11 is not subject to requirements 1, 2, 3 or 4 if it is equipped with one braking system with one means of operation. |
3. | First used on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle or a vehicle first used before lst January 1968 | 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16 | |
4. | Wheeled vehicles first used on or after lst January 1968 | 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 18 | |
Heavy motor cars | |||
5. | First used before 15th August 1928. | 1, 6, 16 | |
6. | First used on or after 15th August 1928 but before 1st April 1938. | 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16 | |
7. | First used on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle or a vehicle first used before lst January 1968. | 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,16 | |
8. | Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968 | 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 18 | |
Motor cycles | |||
9. | First used before 1st January 1927 | 3, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 16 | |
10. | First used on or after 1st January 1927 but before 1st January 1968 | 2, 7, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 16 | |
11. | First used on or after 1st January 1968 and not being a motor cycle to which paragraph (5) applies | 2, 7, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 18 | |
Locomotives | |||
12. | Wheeled vehicles first used before 1st June 1955 | 3, 6, 12, 16 | |
13. | Wheeled vehicles first used on or after1st June 1955 but before 1st January 1968 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18 | |
14. | Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18 | |
15. | Track-laying vehicles | 3, 6, 16 | |
Motor tractors | |||
16. | Wheeled vehicles first used before 14th January 1931 and track-laying vehicles first used before 1st April 1938 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 16 | Industrial tractors within items 16 to 19 are subject to requirement 5 instead of requirement 4. |
17. | Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 14th January 1931 but before 1st April 1938 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16 | |
18. | Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1938 but before 1st January 1968 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16 | |
19. | Wheeled vehicles first used on or after lst January 1968 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18 | |
20. | Track-laying vehicles first used on or after lst April 1938 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16 | |
Wheeled agricultural motor vehicles not driven at more than 20 mph | |||
21. | First used before 1st January 1968 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16 | |
22. | First used on or after 1st January 1968 but before 9th February 1980 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 18 | |
23. | First used on or after 9th February 1980 | 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18 | |
Invalid carriages | |||
24. | Whenever first used | 3, 13 | |
Trailers | |||
25. | Manufactured before 1st April 1938 | 3, 10, 14, 17 | |
26. | Manufactured on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle, an agricultural trailer or a vehicle manufac-tured before 1st January 1968 | 3, 8, 10, 14, 17 | Agricultural trailers are not subject to requirement 8. |
27. | Wheeled vehicles manufactured on or after 1st January1968, not being an agricultural trailer | 3, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18 | Trailers equipped with brakes which come into operation on the overrun of the vehicle are not subject to requirement 15. |
Provided that wheeled agricultural motor vehicles not driven at more than 20 mph are excluded from all items other than items 21 to 23.
5
Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the braking system of a motor cycle to which this regulation applies which is—
a
of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below; and
b
first used on or after 1st April 1987 and before 22nd May 1995;
shall comply with ECE Regulations 13.05, 78 or 78.01 or Community Directive 93/14 in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.
6
Subject to paragraph (7), the braking system of a motor cycle to which this regulation applies and which is—
a
of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below; and
b
first used on or after 22nd May 1995;
shall comply with ECE Regulation 78.01 or Community Directive 93/14 in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.
(regulation 21(5) and (6))
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Class of vehicle | Vehicle Category in ECE Regulations or Community Directive 93/14 |
1. | Vehicles (without a sidecar attached) with 2 wheels, an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc and a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h. | L1 |
2. | Vehicles with 3 wheels (including two-wheeled vehicles with a sidecar attached) and with an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc and a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h. | L2 |
3. | Vehicles with 2 wheels (without a sidecar attached) and with—
| L3 |
4. | Vehicles with 2 wheels, a sidecar attached and—
| L4 |
7
In relation to a motor cycle with two wheels manufactured by Piaggio Veicoli Europei Societa per Azione and known as the Cosa 125, the Cosa 125E, the Cosa L 125, the Cosa LX 125, the Cosa 200, the Cosa 200E, the Cosa L 200 or the Cosa LX 200, paragraph (5) shall have effect as if ECE Regulation 13.05 were modified by—
a
the omission of paragraph 4.4 (approval marks); and
b
in paragraph 5.3.1.1 (independent braking devices and controls), the omission of the word “independent” in the first place where it appears, but this paragraph shall not apply to a motor cycle first used on or after 1st July 1991.
8
Paragraph (5) does not apply to a works truck or to a vehicle constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the business of manufacturing vehicles of that description.
9
Paragraph (6) does not apply to—
a
a vehicle with a maximum speed not exceeding 25 km/h; or
b
a vehicle fitted for an invalid driver.
10
Instead of complying with paragraph (4) of this regulation an agricultural motor vehicle may comply with Community Directive 76/432.