Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 3 THE PRESCRIBED CONSTRUCTION AND USE REQUIREMENTS

PART I

1.  The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Construction and Use Regulations:

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item Number	Regulation	Subject Matter
1	6, 7, 13, and 14	Dimensions
2	20 to 25	Braking systems
3	29 to 32	Tyres
4	34	Maintenance for steering gear
5	35	View to the front
6	38	Mirrors
7	39	Windscreen wipers and washers
8	40 and 41	Speedometer
9	43	Speed limiters
10	44	Audible warning
11	54, 55 and 56	Seat belts
12	58 and 59	Rear under-run protection
13	60 and 61	Sideguards
14	62	Mascots
15	65	Maintenance of silencer
16	74	Smoke emission, oil, etc.
17	77 and 78	Spray suppression equipment
18	79	Plates
19	83	Speed limiter plates

2.  The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(1) set out in column (2) of the Table to the extent shown in column (4) (expressions used in the Table having the same meanings as they have in those regulations).

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Item No.	Regulation	Subject Matter	Extent
20	21	Obligatory lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices	Except in so far as the regulation relates to dim-dip devices, running lamps, front fog lamps, reversing lamps and warning beacons
21	23	Optional lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices	In so far as the regulation relates to headlamps fitted to motor vehicles, direction indicators, rear fog lamps, stop lamps, side marker lamps and rear markings
22	26	Maintenance of lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices	Except in so far as the regulation relates to dim-dip devices, running lamps, front fog lamps, reversing lamps and warning beacons

3.  The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001(2):

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item No.	Regulation	Subject Matter
23	5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15	Registration marks and plates.

4.  The requirements, in so far as they relate to the installation of recording equipment in Article 3 and the seals to be affixed to such equipment in Article 12 and paragraph 4 of Section V of Annex I of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation (as defined in Article 53 of the 1995 Order).

PART II

5.—(a) The construction and use requirements specified in items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 of the Table in paragraph 1.

(b) The requirements of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 specified in items 20 and 22 of the Table in paragraph 2.

(c) The requirements of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 specified in paragraph 3.

PART III

6.  The requirements of this Part, in relation to a vehicle, are that the condition of the vehicle is such that its use on a road would not involve a danger of injury, to any person having regard in particular to items of the following descriptions –

• spare wheel carrier;

• trailer coupling on a motor vehicle;

• coupling on a trailer;

• the chassis;

• electrical wiring and equipment;

• landing legs;

• engine and transmission mountings;

• fuel tanks and system;

• transmission shafts and associated equipment;

• exhaust system;

• battery;

• wheels and hubs;

• suspension system;

• axles and steering gear;

• shock absorbers;

• bumpers;

• wings;

• the cab;

• driving seat;

• the body;

• driver’s controls;

• cab step or step rings;

• glass or other transparent material in windscreen or windows;

• doors, locks and hinges.

(1)

S.R. 2000 No. 169

(2)

S.I. 2001 No. 561