The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982

Interpretation E+W+S

2.—(1) In these regulations—

“the Construction and Use Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1978(1);

“the Great Britain Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1979(2);

“the Plating and Testing Regulations” means the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1971(3);

“appropriate information document”—

(i)

in relation to a vehicle subject to type approval requirements, means a document in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 2, and

(ii)

in relation to a vehicle part subject to type approval requirements, means a document in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 2;

“bi-purpose vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage of both goods and not more than 8 passengers, not being a vehicle to which the Great Britain Regulations apply nor a motor ambulance or a motor caravan;

“break-down vehicle” has the meaning given in Schedule 2 to the Plating and Testing Regulations;

“dual-purpose vehicle” has the meaning given in Regulation 3(1) of the Construction and Use Regulations;

“motor ambulance” and “motor caravan” have the meanings given respectively in Regulation 2(1) of the Great Britain Regulations;

“prescribed alteration” means an alteration to a vehicle to which these Regulations apply which varies the number or nominal diameter of the tyres or the wheels and which is made before the vehicle is first used;

“prescribed fee”, in relation to any matter provided for in these Regulations, means the fee prescribed for such matter in Regulations under section 50(1);

“prescribed type approval requirements”, in relation to a vehicle or vehicle part subject to type approval requirements, means the type approval requirements prescribed therefor by these Regulations;

“public works vehicle” has the meaning given in Regulation 3(1) of the Construction and Use Regulations;

“slow vehicle” means a vehicle incapable by reason of its construction of a speed of more than 25 kilometres per hour on the level under its own power;

“type approval requirements” means, in relation to any vehicle to which these Regulations apply, the determination of—

(a)

the weights mentioned in Regulation 5;

(b)

the requirements with respect to the design, construction, equipment or marking of such vehicles or their parts which—

(i)

relate to the items numbered in column (1) and listed in column (2) of Schedule 1, and

(ii)

are contained in instruments or other documents, and consist of the requirements, specified against each such item in column (3) of Schedule 1; and

“vehicle subject to type approval requirements” and “vehicle part subject to type approval requirements” have the meanings given in Regulation 4.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a vehicle in category L2 or L5 is a reference to a vehicle described respectively as L2 or L5 in ECE Regulation 13 of 29th May 1969, and a reference to a vehicle in category M1, M2, M3, N1, N2 or N3 is a reference to a vehicle described respectively as M1, M2, M3, N1, N2 or N3 in Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6th February 1970.

(3) A reference in these Regulations to an ECE Regulation followed by a number is a reference to the Regulation of that number which is annexed to the Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform conditions of approval for motor vehicle equipment and parts and reciprocal recognition thereof concluded at Geneva on 20th March 1958(4) as amended(5) to which the United Kingdom is a party(6).

(4) For the purpose of these Regulations—

(a) a vehicle is to be regarded as being manufactured on or after a particular date if it is assembled to the stage where it includes all the parts of the vehicle which it needs to have to comply with any one or more of the prescribed type approval requirements; and

(b) the date on which a vehicle is to be regarded as being first used is the date on which it is first registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971.

(5) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—

(a) a numbered section is a reference to the section bearing that number in the Road Traffic Act 1972;

(b) a numbered Regulation or Schedule is a reference to the Regulation of, or Schedule to, these Regulations bearing that number; and

(c) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the Regulation in which that number appears.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in operation at 1.10.1982, see reg. 1

(1)

as amended by S.I. 1978/1233, 1235, 1263, 1317, 1979/138, 843, 1062, 1980/139, 140, 287, 610, 880, 1166, 1789, 1981/261, 697, 915, 1189, 1580, 1663, 1688, 1982/1057, 1132, 1223.

(2)

as amended by S.I. 1980/879, 1165, 1981/696, 1619, 1982/8.

(3)

as amended by S.I. 1971/2074, 1972/195, 806, 1973/1105, 1974/99, 1975/36, 1976/242, 1978/867, 1018, 1980/656, 1981/1428, 1693.

(4)

Cmnd. 2535.

(5)

Cmnd. 3562.

(6)

By instrument of accession dated 14th January 1963 deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations on 15th January 1963.