C1Part II Construction and Use of Vehicles and Equipment

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Approval of design, construction, equipment and marking of vehicles

F264AF1Failure to hold EC certificate of conformity for unregistered motor cycle or tractor

1

Subject to subsections (2) to (5) below, if a person uses on a road F3. . . F4a vehicle to which the motorcycle type approval Directive F5or tractor type approval Directive applies—

a

which has not been registered-

i

under F6section 21 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, or

ii

under the law of F7an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, and

b

in respect of which no EC certificate of conformity has effect,

he is guilty of an offence.

2

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F92A

A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section in respect of the use of a vehicle to which the motorcycle type approval Directive applies if he proves that the vehicle was one in respect of which the grant of a licence or nil licence under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 was not prohibited by regulation 16 of the Motor Cycles Etc. (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1999.

3

This section does not apply in relation to a vehicle in respect of which a Minister’s approval certificate issued under section 58(1) of this Act or a Department’s approval certificate issued under Article 31A(4) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 has effect.

4

This section does not apply to the use of a vehicle under a trade licence (within the meaning of F10the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994) in accordance with regulations made under F11section 12(2) of that Act.

5

This section does not apply in relation to a vehicle brought temporarily into Great Britain by a person resident outside the United Kingdom.

6

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