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EXPLANATORY NOTE
1. These Regulations consolidate, with drafting and other amendments, the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1973 and the other Regulations specified in Schedule 3.
2. The non-drafting amendments—
add rear-view mirrors which comply with the requirements of Council Directive 71/127/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 79/795/EEC to the number of vehicle parts which may be type-approved under the provisions of these Regulations;
add Commission Directive 80/233/EEC which amends Council Directive 76/756/EEC on the installation of lighting and light signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers; and
omit misconceived provisions relating to the suspension of type approval certificates where vehicles or vehicle components having a certificate of conformity are altered.
3. These Regulations provide, in accordance with Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970, for the type approval of motor vehicles and trailers specified in Regulation 4. Regulation 5 provides that where the Minister is satisfied on an application made to him under Regulation 6 that a vehicle or, as the case may be, vehicle component conforms with certain information and the type approval requirements and that adequate arrangements have been made for conformity of production he shall approve the vehicle as a type vehicle or, as the case may be, the vehicle component as a type vehicle component and shall issue a type approval certificate accordingly. Regulation 5 also makes provisions against the events of the Minister being satisfied that one or more, but not all, of the type approval requirements are satisfied, or deciding not to issue a type approval certificate.
4. Part III of the Regulations contains general provisions as to application (Regulation 6), certificates of conformity (Regulation 7), marking (Regulation 8), conditions of issue, cancellation and suspension of type approval certificates (Regulation 9), notifications by manufacturers as to cessation or alteration of production (Regulation 10), cancellations, suspensions or modifications of type approval certificates (Regulations 11 and 12), notices relating to such cancellations, suspensions or modifications (Regulation 13) and appeals (Regulation 14).
5. Part IV of the Regulations contains provisions as to testing stations (Regulation 15) and records (Regulation 16).
6. Schedule 1 prescribes certain forms, and Schedule 2 specifies (in conjunction with the definitions in Regulation 3 of “the type approval requirements”, “the Community Directives” and “the Community Regulations”) the type approval requirements.