2007 No. 240
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (revoked)
Regulation revoked (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 43 (with reg. 30, Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)
Made 16th April 2007
Coming into operation 10th July 2007

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1 Citation and commencement
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2 General interpretation
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3 Interpretation of instruments referred to in Schedule 1
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4 Interpretation of “low volume type approval vehicle”
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5 Application
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6 Modifications in relation to vehicles to which the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 apply
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7 Type approval requirements — application
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8 Application for type approval
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9 Application for Department’s approval certificate
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10 Application for further type approval certificate
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11 Appeals
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12 Forms of certificates
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13 Duplicate certificates
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14 Keeping and inspection of records relating to certificates of conformity
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15 Authorisations to carry out examinations for type approval
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16 Notices
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17 Obligatory certificates
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18 Licences not to be issued for vehicles unless appropriate certificates are in force
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19 Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 7

PART I TYPE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
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PART II LOW VOLUME TYPE APPROVAL VEHICLES

INTERIOR FITTINGS

(See Item 18B in Part I)
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SCHEDULE 2 Dates of Application of Items 25 and 26 of Part I of Schedule 1
Regulation 7(14)
PART I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 7(15)
PART I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 7(15)
PART I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART II
MEANING OF “TYPE APPROVAL END OF SERIES VEHICLE”

2 Meaning of “type approval end of series vehicle”
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3 Meaning of “relevant vehicle” for the purposes of this Part
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4 Meaning of “specified number” for the purposes of this Part
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5 Circumstances in which a vehicle is to be regarded as having been in the territory of a relevant State for the purposes of this Part
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PART III MEANING OF “LATE ENTRY INTO SERVICE VEHICLE” IN PART I

6 Meaning of “late entry into service vehicle” in paragraph 1
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7 Circumstances in which a vehicle is to be regarded as having been in the territory of a relevant State for the purposes of this Part
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SCHEDULE 5
Regulation 2(1)
PART I
PART II
PART III
SCHEDULE 6
Regulation 12(1)
PART I
PART II
SCHEDULE 7
Regulation 12(2)
PART I
PART II
PART III
SCHEDULE 8
Regulation 12(3)
PART I
PART II

SCHEDULE 9 Regulations revoked
Regulation 19
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