The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1982

1.  These Regulations shall come into operation on 19th November 1982 and may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1982.

2.  The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979(1) shall be amended so as to have effect in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

3.  In Schedule 2, after the items the numbers of which are shown in column (1) of the Table below, insert, respectively, the new items specified in the Schedule to these Regulations the numbers of which are shown in column (2) of that Table.

TABLE

(1)	(2)
3	3A and 3B
12A	12B
13A	13B and 13C
15C	15D
25A	25B and 25C
36	36A

4.  In Schedule 4, after item 23, add the following new item:—

Safety belt.

The belt

Council Directive 77/541/EEC of 28th June 1977 as amended by Commission Directive 82/319/EEC of 2nd April 1982.

O.J. L139, 19.5.82, p. 17

1, 2 and 10”

5.  In Schedule 5, in paragraph 10—

(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “In the marking relating to item 23” substitute the words “In the markings relating to items 23 and 23A”; and

(b) in paragraph (3)(b), for the full stop at the end of sub–paragraph (v) substitute “; and”, and after that sub–paragraph add the following sub–paragraph:—

“(vi) the letter “N” if the retractor forming part of the motor vehicle part has special properties as regards use in a vehicle in category M2, M3, N1, N2 or N3.”.

David Howell

Secretary of State for Transport

18th October 1982