The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

B E+W+S BRAKES

Braking systems of certain vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1983 E+W+S

[F1 15.— (1) Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which, in the case of a motor vehicle, is first used on or after 1st April 1983 or which, in the case of a trailer, is manufactured on or after 1st October 1982 shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 79/489, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI and VIII to that Directive in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle, was first used before 1st April 1983 or which, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before 1st October 1982 to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with regulations 16 and 17.

(1A) Save as provided in paragraphs (2),(3), (3A) and (5), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which, in the case of a motor vehicle, is first used on or after the relevant date or which, in the case of a trailer, is manufactured on or after the relevant date shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 85/647, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI and XII to that Directive in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle, was first used before the relevant date or which, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before the relevant date to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with paragraph (1) or with regulations 16 and 17.

(1B) In paragraph (1A), the relevant date in relation to a vehicle of a class specified in item 1 or 2 of the Table is 1st April 1990, in relation to a vehicle specified in item 4 of that Table is 1st April 1992, in relation to a vehicle in items 7, 8, 9 or 10 of that Table is 1st October 1988 and in relation to a vehicle of any other class is 1st April 1989.

(1C) Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (3A) and (5A), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which, in the case of a motor vehicle, is first used on or after 1st April 1992 or which, in the case of a trailer, is manufactured on or after 1st October 1991 shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 88/194, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI and XII to that Directive in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle, was first used before 1st April 1992 or which, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before 1st October 1991 to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with paragraph (1) or (1A) or with regulations 16 and 17.

(1D) Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (3A) and (5A), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which, in the case of a motor vehicle, is first used on or after 1st April 1995 or which, in the case of a trailer, is manufactured on or after that date shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II, and VII to Community Directive 91/422, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI and XII to that Directive in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle, was first used before 1st April 1995 or which, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before that date to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with paragraph (1), (1A) or (1C) or with regulations 16 and 17.

[F2 (1E) Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (3A), (5A) and (5B) the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which, in the case of a motor vehicle, is first used on or after 1st May 2002 or which, in the case of a trailer, is manufactured on or after 1st May 2002 shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements of Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 98/12/EC and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV to that Directive in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which, in the case of a motor vehicle, was first used before 1st May 2002 or which, in the case of a trailer, was manufactured before 1st [F3 May] 2002 to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with paragraphs (1), (1A), (1C) or (1D) or with regulations 16 and 17.]

(2) The requirements specified in paragraphs (1), (1A), [F4 (1C), (1D) and (1E)] do not apply to—

(a) [F5 an agricultural trailer that is not drawn at a speed exceeding 40 km/h];

[F6 (aa) an agricultural trailed appliance that is not drawn at a speed exceeding 20 mph;]

(b) a locomotive;

(c) a motor tractor;

(d) an agricultural motor vehicle [F7 , not being a category T tractor,] unless it is first used after 1st June 1986 and is driven at more than 20 mph;

[F8 (da) a category T tractor unless it is first used after 1st June 1986 and is driven at more than 40 km/h;]

(e) a vehicle which has a maximum speed not exceeding 25 km/h;

(f) a works trailer;

(g) a works truck;

(h) a public works vehicle;

(i) a trailer designed and constructed, or adapted, to be drawn exclusively by a vehicle to which sub–paragraph (b), (c), (e), (g) or (h) of this paragraph applies;

[F9 (j) a trailer falling within regulation 16(3)(b), (bb), (bc), (d), (e), (f) or (g);

(ja) a trailer which is manufactured before 1st January 1997 and has a maximum total design axle weight that does not exceed 750 kg; or]

(k) a vehicle manufactured by Leyland Vehicles Limited and known as the Atlantean Bus, if first used before 1st October 1984.

(3) The requirements specified in paragraphs (1), (1A), [F10 (1C), (1D) and (1E)] shall apply to the classes of vehicles specified in the Table so that—

(a) in item 3, the testing requirement specified in paragraph 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 of Annex II to Community Directives 79/489, 85/647, [F11 88/194, 91/422 and 98/12] shall apply to every vehicle specified in that item other than—

(i) a double–decked vehicle first used before 1st October 1983, or

(ii) a vehicle of a type in respect of which a member state of the European Economic Community has issued a type approval certificate in accordance with Community Directive 79/489, 85/647, [F12 88/194, 91/422 or 98/12];

(b) in items 2 and 3—

(i) the requirements specified in paragraph 1.1.4.2 of Annex II to Community Directive 79/489, 85/647, [F13 88/194, 91/422 and 98/12] shall not apply in relation to any vehicle first used before 1st April 1996;

(ii) those requirements shall not apply in relation to any relevant bus first used on or after that date;

(iii) sub–note (2) to paragraph 1.17.2 of Annex I to Community Directive 85/647, [F14 88/194, 91/422 and 98/12] shall not apply in relation to any vehicle,

and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph “relevant bus” means a bus that is not a coach;

(c) in items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in the case of vehicles constructed or adapted for use by physically handicapped drivers, the requirement in paragraph 2.1.2.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 79/489 that the driver must be able to achieve the braking action mentioned in that paragraph from his driving seat without removing his hands from the steering control shall be modified so as to require that the driver is able to achieve that action while continuing to steer the vehicle; and

(d) in items 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, the requirement specified in paragraph 1.1.4.2 of Annex II to Community Directive 79/489 shall not apply to a vehicle first used (in the case of a motor vehicle) or manufactured (in the case of a trailer) before the relevant date as defined in paragraph (1B) if either—

(i) following a test in respect of which the fee numbered 26024/26250 to 26257, prescribed in Schedule 1 to the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1990, or the corresponding fee prescribed under any corresponding previous enactment is payable, a document is issued by the Secretary of State indicating that, at the date of manufacture of the vehicle, the type to which it belonged complied with the requirements specified in Annex 13 to ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, [F15 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09]; or

(ii) as a result of a notifiable alteration to the vehicle within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Plating and Testing Regulations, a fitment has been approved as complying with the requirements mentioned in sub–paragraph (i).

(3A) The requirements specified in paragraphs (1A), [F16 (1C), (1D) and (1E)] shall apply to a road tanker subject to the exclusion of paragraph 4.3 of Annex X to Community Directive 85/647.

(3B) No motor vehicle to which [F17 paragraph (1D) or (1E)] applies and which is first used on or after 1st April 1996 shall be fitted with an integrated retarder unless either—

(a) the motor vehicle is fitted with an anti–lock device which acts on the retarder and which complies with the requirements specified in Annex X to Community Directive 91/422 [F18 or Community Directive 98/12]; or

(b) the retarder is fitted with a cut–out device which allows the combined control to apply the service braking system alone and which can be operated by the driver from the driving seat;

and expressions (other than the word “vehicle”) used in this paragraph which are also used in Annex I to Community Directive 85/647 shall, for the purposes of this paragraph, have the same meanings as in that Annex save that “retarder” shall not in any circumstances include a regenerative braking system.

(4) Instead of complying with paragraph (1) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply with ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, [F19 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09].

(5) Instead of complying with paragraph (1A) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply with ECE Regulation [F20 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09].

(5A) Instead of complying with paragraph (1C) or (1D) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply—

(a) in the case of a trailer manufactured before 1st April 1992, with ECE Regulation 13.05 or 13.06; or

(b) in the case of any vehicle not falling within sub–paragraph (a), with ECE Regulation 13.06 [F21 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09].

[F22 (5B) Instead of complying with paragraph (1E) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply with ECE Regulation 13.09.]

(6) In paragraph (3A), the expression “road tanker” means any vehicle or trailer which carries liquid fuel in a tank forming part of the vehicle or trailer other than that containing the fuel which is used to propel the vehicle, and also includes any tank with a capacity exceeding 3m3 carried on a vehicle.

(7) In this regulation, and in relation to the application to any vehicle of any provision of Community Directive 85/647, [F23 88/194, 91/422 or 98/12], the definitions of “semi–trailer”, “full trailer” and “centre–axle trailer” set out in that Directive shall apply and the meaning of “semi–trailer” in column 2 of the Table in regulation 3(2) shall not apply.

[F24 (8) For the purposes of the preceding provisions of this regulation the date on which a trailer was manufactured shall be taken to be the date on which its manufacture was completed except that, in the case of a trailer whose manufacture has been completed for more than 8 years and which has been the subject of a notifiable alteration under regulation 30 of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988, it shall be taken to be the date on which the notifiable alteration was completed.

(9) A trailer, whose manufacture has been completed for more than eight years and which has been the subject of a notifiable alteration under regulation 30 of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988, shall comply with all requirements of Community Directives relating to braking systems which applied to the trailer at the date when the notifiable alteration was completed.]

TABLE

(regulation 15(1))

1	2	3
Item	Class of Vehicle	Vehicle Category in the Community Directive
1	Passenger vehicles and dual–purpose vehicles which have 3 or more wheels except— (a) dual–purpose vehicles constructed or adapted to carry not more than 2 passengers exclusive of the driver; (b) motor cycles with sidecar attached; (c) vehicles with three wheels, an unladen weight not exceeding 410kg, a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h and an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc; (d) buses.	M1
2	Buses having a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 5000 kg.	M2
3	Buses having a maximum gross weight which exceeds 5000 kg.	M3
4	Dual–purpose vehicles not within item 1; and goods vehicles, having a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 3500 kg, and not being motor cycles with a sidecar attached.	N1
	Goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight which—
5	exceeds 3500 kg but does not exceed 12,000 kg;	N2
6	exceeds 12,000 kg.	N3
	Trailers with a maximum total design axle weight which—
7	does not exceed 750 kg;	01
8	exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed 3500 kg;	02
9	exceeds 3500 kg but does not exceed 10,000 kg;	03
10	exceeds 10,000 kg.	04]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 15 set out as amended by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/551), reg. 3 and previous regulations with minor adjustments to the punctuation and spelling, see S.I. 1995/551, reg. 3(13), Sch.

F2 Reg. 15(1E) inserted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(2)

F3 Word in reg. 15(1E) substituted (1.7.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1474), regs. 1, 5

F4 Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(3)

F5 Words in reg. 15(2)(a) substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 4(1)

F6 Reg. 15(2)(aa) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 4(2)

F7 Words in reg. 15(2)(d) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 4(3)

F8 Reg. 15(2)(da) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 4(4)

F9 Reg. 15(2)(j)(ja) substituted for reg. 15(2)(j) (1.1.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3033), regs. 1, 3

F10 Words in reg. 15(3) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(4)

F11 Words in reg. 15(3)(a) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(5)

F12 Words in reg. 15(3)(a)(ii) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(6)

F13 Words in reg. 15(3)(b)(i) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(7)

F14 Words in reg. 15(3)(b)(iii) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(8)

F15 Words in reg. 15(3)(d)(i) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(9)

F16 Words in reg. 15(3A) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(10)

F17 Words in reg. 15(3B) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(11)

F18 Words in reg. 15(3B)(a) inserted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(12)

F19 Words in reg. 15(4) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(13)

F20 Words in reg. 15(5) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(14)

F21 Words in reg. 15(5A)(b) inserted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(15)

F22 Reg. 15(5B) inserted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(16)

F23 Words in reg. 15(7) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(17)

F24 Reg. 15(8)(9) inserted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 5(18)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 15 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Braking systems of vehicles to which regulation 15 does not apply E+W+S

16.—(1) Save as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), this regulation applies to every vehicle to which regulation 15 does not apply.

[F25 (2) Paragraph (4) of this regulation does not apply to a vehicle which complies with regulation 15 by virtue of the proviso to regulation 15(1), (1A), (1C), (1D) or (1E), or which complies with Community Directive 79/489, 85/647, 88/194, 91/422 or 98/12 or ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09.]

(3) This regulation does not apply to the following vehicles, except in the case of a vehicle referred to in (a) insofar as the regulation concerns parking brakes (requirements 16 to 18 in Schedule 3)—

(a) a locomotive first used before 2nd January 1933, propelled by steam, and with an engine which is capable of being reversed;

[F26 (b) a trailer which is designed for use and used for street cleansing and does not carry any load other than its necessary gear and equipment;

(ba) a trailer which has a maximum total design axle weight that does not exceed 750 kg;

(bb) a trailer which—

(i) is an agricultural trailer manufactured before 1st July 1947;

(ii) is being drawn by a motor tractor or an agricultural motor vehicle at a speed not exceeding 10 mph;

(iii) has a laden weight not exceeding 4070 kg; and

(iv) is the only trailer being drawn;

(bc) a trailer which is being drawn by a motor cycle in accordance with regulation 84;]

(c) an agricultural trailed appliance;

(d) an agricultural trailed appliance conveyor;

(e) a broken down vehicle;

(f) before 1st October 1986—

(i) a trailer with an unladen weight not exceeding 102 kg which was manufactured before 1st October 1982; and

(ii) a gritting trailer; or

(g) on or after 1st October 1986, a gritting trailer with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2000 kg.

(4) Save as provided in paragraph (7), a vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table shall comply with the requirements shown in column 3 in that item, subject to any exemptions or modifications shown in column 4 in that item, reference to numbers in column 3 being references to the requirements so numbered in Schedule 3.

TABLE

(regulation 16(4))

1	2	3	4
Item	Class of vehicle	Requirements in Schedule 3	Exemptions or modifications
	Motor cars
1	First used before 1st January 1915.	3, 6, 7, 13, 16	Requirements 13 and 16 do not apply to a motor car with less than 4 wheels.
2	First used on or after 1st January 1915 but before 1st April 1938.	1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16	A works truck within items 1 to 11 is not subject to requirements 1, 2, 3 or 4 if it is equipped with one braking system with one means of operation.
3	First used on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle or a vehicle first used before 1st January 1968.	1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16
4	Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968.	1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, [F27 15,] 18
	Heavy motor cars
5	First used before 15th August 1928.	1, 6, 16
6	First used on or after 15th August 1928 but before 1st April 1938.	1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16
7	First used on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle or a vehicle first used before 1st January 1968.	1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16
8	Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968.	1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, [F27 15,] 18
	Motor cycles
9	First used before 1st January 1927.	3, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 16
10	First used on or after 1st January 1927 but before 1st January 1968.	2, 7, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 16
11	First used on or after 1st January 1968 and not being a motor cycle to which paragraph (5) applies.	2, 7, and, in the case of three-wheeled vehicles, 18
	Locomotives
12	Wheeled vehicles first used before 1st June 1955.	3, 6, 12, 16
13	Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st June 1955 but before 1st January 1968.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18
14	Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18
15	Track-laying vehicles.	3, 6, 16
	Motor tractors
16	Wheeled vehicles first used before 14th January 1931 and track-laying vehicles first used before 1st April 1938.	3, 4, 6, 7, 16	Industrial tractors within items 16 to 19 are subject to requirement 5 instead of requirement 4.
17	Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 14th January 1931 but before 1st April 1938.	3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16
18	Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1938 but before 1st January 1968.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16
19	Wheeled vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1968.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18
20	Track-laying vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1938.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16
	Wheeled agricultural motor vehicles [F28 (other than category T tractors)] not driven at more than 20 mph
21	First used before 1st January 1968.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16
22	First used on or after 1st January 1968 but before 9th February 1980.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 18
23	First used on or after 9th February 1980.	3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18
	Invalid carriages
24	Whenever first used.	3, 13
	Trailers
25	Manufactured before 1st April 1938.	3, 10, 14, 17
26	Manufactured on or after 1st April 1938 and being either a track-laying vehicle, an agricultural trailer or a vehicle manufactured before 1st January 1968.	3, 8, 10, 14, 17	Agricultural trailers are not subject to requirement 8.
27	Wheeled vehicles manufactured on or after 1st January 1968, not being an agricultural trailer.	3, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18	Trailers equipped with brakes which come into operation on the overrun of the vehicle are not subject to requirement 15.
	[F29 Category T tractors not driven at more than 40 km/h]
[F29 28	First used before 1st January 1968.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16]
[F29 29	First used on or after 1st January 1968 but before 9th February 1980.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 18]
[F29 30	First used on or after 9th February 1980.	3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18]

Provided that wheeled agricultural motor vehicles [F30 , not being category T tractors,] not driven at more than 20 mph are excluded from all items other than items 21 to 23 [F31 and provided further that category T tractors not driven at more than 40 km/h are excluded from all items other than items 28 to 30].

[F32 (5) Subject to paragraphs (5B) and (6), the braking system of a motor cycle to which this regulation applies and which is—

(a) of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below; and

(b) first used on or after 1st April 1987 and before 22nd May 1995;

shall comply with ECE Regulation 13.05, 78 or 78.01 [F33 or Community Directive 93/14] in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

(5A) Subject to paragraph (6), the braking system of a motor cycle to which this regulation applies and which is—

(a) of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below; and

(b) first used on or after 22nd May 1995;

shall comply with ECE Regulation 78.01 [F34 or Community Directive 93/14] in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.

TABLE

(Regulation 16(5) and (5A))

1	2	3
Item	Class of Vehicle	[F35 Vehicle Category in ECE Regulations or Community Directive 93/14 (as the case may be)]
1	Vehicles (without a sidecar attached) with two wheels, an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc and a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h.	L1
2	Vehicles with three wheels (including two-wheeled vehicles with a sidecar attached) and with an engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc and a maximum design speed not exceeding 50 km/h.	L2
3	Vehicles with two wheels (without a sidecar attached) and with— (a) an engine capacity exceeding 50 cc, or (b) a maximum design speed exceeding 50 km/h.	L3
4	Vehicles with two wheels, a sidecar attached and— (a) an engine capacity exceeding 50 cc, or (b) a maximum design speed exceeding 50 km/h.	L4
[F36 5	Vehicles with three wheels (excluding two-wheeled vehicles with a sidecar attached) and with— (a) an engine capacity exceeding 50cc, or (b) a maximum design speed exceeding 50km/h.	L5 ]]

[F37 [F38 (5B)] In relation to a motor cycle with two wheels manufactured by Piaggio Veicoli Europei Societa per Azione and known as the Cosa 125, the Cosa 125E, the Cosa L125, the Cosa LX125, the Cosa 200, the Cosa 200E, the Cosa L200 or the Cosa LX200, paragraph (5) shall have effect as if ECE Regulation 13.05 were modified by–

(a) the omission of paragraph 4.4 (approval marks), and

(b) in paragraph 5.3.1.1, (independent braking devices and controls), the omission of the word “independent” in the first place where it appears,

but this paragraph shall not apply to a motor cycle first used on or after 1st July 1991.]

(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply to a works truck or to a vehicle constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the business of manufacturing vehicles of that description.

[F39 (6A) Paragraph (5A) does not apply to—

(a) a vehicle with a maximum speed not exceeding 25 km/h; or

(b) a vehicle fitted for an invalid driver.]

(7) Instead of complying with the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Regulation an agricultural motor vehicle may comply with Community Directive 76/432 [F40 or 96/63].

Textual Amendments

F25 Reg. 16(2) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 6(2)

F26 Reg. 16(3)(b)-(bc) substituted for reg. 16(3)(b) (1.1.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3033), regs. 1, 4(2)

F27 Word in reg. 16 Table inserted (2.11.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1981), regs. 1, 5(3)

F28 Words in reg. 16(4) Table inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 5(1)

F29 Words in reg. 16(4) Table inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 5(2)

F30 Words in reg. 16(4) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 6(a)

F31 Words in reg. 16(4) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 6(b)

F32 Reg. 16(5)(5A) and Table substituted for reg. 16(5) (1.4.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/352), regs. 1, 4(3)

F33 Words in reg. 16(5) inserted (1.1.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3033), regs. 1, 4(3)

F34 Words in reg. 16(5A) inserted (1.1.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3033), regs. 1, 4(3)

F35 Words in reg. 16(5A) Table substituted (1.1.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3033), regs. 1, 4(4)

F36 Words in reg. 16(5A) Table inserted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 6(3)

F37 Reg. 16(5A) inserted (2.11.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1981), regs. 1, 5(5)

F38 Reg. 16(5A) renumbered as reg. 16(5B) (1.4.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/352), regs. 1, 4(4)

F39 Reg. 16(6A) inserted (1.4.1995) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/551), regs. 1, 4(3)

F40 Words in reg. 16(7) inserted (1.11.1998) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2429), regs. 1, 3

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 16 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Vacuum or pressure brake warning devices E+W+S

17.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), every motor vehicle which is equipped with a braking system which embodies a vacuum or pressure reservoir or reservoirs shall be equipped with a device so placed as to be readily visible to the driver of the vehicle and which is capable of indicating any impending failure of, or deficiency in, the vacuum or pressure system.

(2) The requirement specified in paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of—

[F41 (a) a vehicle to which paragraph (1), (1A), (1C), (1D) or (1E) of regulation 15 applies, or which complies with the requirements of that regulation, of Community Directives 79/489, 85/647, 88/194, 91/422 or 98/12 or of ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09;]

(b) an agricultural motor vehicle which complies with Community Directive 76/432 [F42 or 96/63];

(c) a vehicle with an unladen weight not exceeding 3050 kg propelled by an internal combustion engine, if the vacuum in the reservoir or reservoirs is derived directly from the induction system of the engine, and if, in the event of a failure of, or deficiency in, the vacuum system, the brakes of that braking system are sufficient under the most adverse conditions to bring the vehicle to rest within a reasonable distance; or

(d) a vehicle first used before 1st October 1937.

Textual Amendments

F41 Reg. 17(2)(a) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 7(2)

F42 Words in reg. 17(2)(b) inserted (1.11.1998) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2429), regs. 1, 4

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 17 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

[F43 Couplings on trailer pneumatic braking systems E+W+S

17A.— (1) In this regulation—

[F44 “BS coupling” means a coupling which—

(a)

is of the type, shown in figure 1, 4 or 5 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138a: 1980 or figure 1, 2 or 3 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138b: 2000; and

(b)

complies with the dimensions shown in figure 1, 4 or 5 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138a: 1980 or figure 1, 2 or 3 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138b:2000;]

“the British Standard specification” means the British Standard specification for dimensions of ‘contact’ type couplings for air pressure braking systems on trailers and semi-trailers and their towing vehicles, and the arrangements of these couplings on articulated and drawbar combinations, published by the British Standards Institution under reference number BS AU 138a: 1980 [F45 or BS AU 138b: 2000];

“coupling”, “emergency line”, “secondary line” and “service line” have the same meanings as in the British Standard specification;

“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on the 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993; and

“EEA State” means a state which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a relevant coupling is a coupling that is physically capable of being connected to a BS coupling.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), no service line comprised in a pneumatic braking system fitted to a trailer shall be equipped with a relevant coupling unless that coupling—

[F46 (a) is of the type showin in figure 2 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138a:1980 or figure 4 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138b:2000;]

(b) complies with the dimensions shown in that figure; and

(c) complies with paragraph 3.4.3 of that specification (except so far as it requires it to be of a type shown in that figure).

(4) Subject to paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) no emergency line comprised in a pneumatic braking system fitted to a trailer shall be equipped with a relevant coupling unless that coupling—

[F47 (a) is of the type shown in figure 3 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138a:1980 or figure 5 of the British Standard specification 138b:2000;] and

(b) complies with the dimensions shown in that figure.

(5) Subject to paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) no secondary line comprised in a pneumatic braking system fitted to a trailer shall be equipped with a relevant coupling unless that coupling—

[F48 (a) is of the type shown in figure 6 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138a:1980 or figure 6 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138b:2000;] and

(b) complies with the dimensions shown in that figure.

(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), a reference to the dimensions shown in a figure in the British Standard specification does not include any dimension marked “M22×1.5”.

[F49 (7) Paragraph (3) does not prevent a line being equipped with a relevant coupling which fulfils the requirements of—

(a) a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State;

(b) any international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State; or

(c) a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State,

where the standard, code of practice, international standard or technical specification provides, in relation to couplings, a level of safety and compatibility with BS couplings of the type shown in figure 1 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138a:1980 or figure 1 of the British Standard specification BS AU 138b:2000 equivalent to that provided by those specifications as modified in accordance with paragraph (6).]

[F50 (8) Paragraph (7) shall have effect—

(a) in relation to paragraph (4), as if for the words “paragraph (3)” there were substituted the words “paragraph (4)” and for the words “figure 1” in the first and second places in which they occur there were substituted the words “figure 4” and “figure 2” respectively; and

(b) in relation to paragraph (5), as if for the words “paragraph (3)” there were substituted the words “paragraph (5)” and for the words “figure 1” in the first and second places in which they occur there were substituted the words “figure 5” and “figure 3” respectively.]]

Textual Amendments

F43 Reg. 17A inserted (1.1.1997) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3033), regs. 1, 5

F44 Words in reg. 17A(1) substituted (16.10.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 8(2)

F45 Words in reg. 17A(1) inserted (16.10.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 8(3)

F46 Reg. 17A(3)(a) substituted (16.10.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 8(4)

F47 Reg. 17A(4)(a) substituted (16.10.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 8(5)

F48 Reg. 17A(5)(a) substituted (16.10.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 8(6)

F49 Reg. 17A(7) substituted (16.10.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 8(7)

F50 Reg. 17A(8) substituted (16.10.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 8(8)

Maintenance and efficiency of brakes E+W+S

18.—(1) Every part of every braking system and of the means of operation thereof fitted to a vehicle shall be maintained in good and efficient working order and be properly adjusted.

[F51 (1A) Without prejudice to paragraph (3), where a vehicle is fitted with an anti-lock braking system (“the ABS”), then while the condition specified in paragraph (1B) is fulfilled, any fault in the ABS shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph (1).

(1B) The condition is fulfilled while the vehicle is completing a journey at the beginning of which the ABS was operating correctly or is being driven to a place where the ABS is to undergo repairs.]

[F52 (1C) Where a goods vehicle of category N₂ or N₃ is being used to tow a trailer of category O₃ or O₄ and both vehicles are fitted with an ISO 7638 connector to provide a dedicated power supply to the ABS, then these connectors shall be used regardless of any alternative method available on the vehicles to provide such power.]

(2) Paragraph (3) applies to every wheeled motor vehicle except—

(a) an agricultural motor vehicle [F53 , not being a category T tractor,] which is not driven at more than 20 mph;

[F54 (aa) a category T tractor which is not driven at more than 40 km/h;]

(b) a works truck; F55 ...

(c) a pedestrian-controlled vehicle; [F56 and

(d) an industrial tractor.]

(3) Every vehicle to which this paragraph applies and which is of a class specified in an item in column 2 of Table I shall, subject to any exemption shown for that item in column 4, be so maintained that—

(a) its service braking system has a total braking efficiency not less than that shown in column 3(a) for that item; and

(b) if the vehicle is a heavy motor car, a motor car first used on or after 1st January 1915 or a motor-cycle first used on or after 1st January 1927, its secondary braking system has a total braking efficiency not less than that shown in column 3(b) for those items.

Provided that a reference in Table I to a trailer is a reference to a trailer required by regulation 15 or 16 to be equipped with brakes.

TABLE I

(regulation 18(3))

1	2	3			4
Item	Class of vehicle	Efficiencies (%)			Exemptions
		(a)		(b)
1	A vehicle [F57 , not included in item 1A,] to which regulation 15 applies or which complies in all respects other than its braking efficiency with the requirements of that regulation or with [F58 Community Directives 79/489, 85/647, 88/194, 91/422 or 98/12 or with ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09]—				A motor cycle.
[F59 1A	A vehicle of a class specified in item 1 of the Table in regulation 15 and first used on or after 25th July 2010.	58		29]
	(a) when not drawing a trailer;	50		25
	(b) when drawing a trailer	45		25
2	A vehicle, not included in item 1 and not being a motor cycle, which is first used on or after 1st January 1968—
	(a) when not drawing a trailer;	50		25
	(b) when not drawing a trailer manufactured on or after 1st January 1968;	50		25
	(c) when drawing a trailer manufactured before 1st January 1968	40		15
3	Goods vehicles [F60 and buses (in each case)] first used on or after 15th August 1928 but before 1st January 1968 having an unladen weight exceeding 1525 kg being—
	(a) rigid vehicles with 2 axles not constructed to form part of an articulated vehicle—
	(i) when not drawing a trailer	45		20
	(ii) when drawing a trailer	40		15
	(b) other vehicles, including vehicles constructed to form part of an articulated vehicle, whether or not drawing a trailer	40		15
[F61 3A	A category T tractor which is driven at more than 40 km/h—
	(a) when not drawing a trailer	50		25
	(b) when drawing a non-agricultural trailer	45		25]
4	Vehicles not included in items [F62 1 to 3A]—				(a) a bus;
	(a) having at least one means of operation applying to at least 4 wheels;	50		25	(b) an articulated vehicle;
	(b) having 3 wheels and at least one means of operation applying to all 3 wheels and not being a motor cycle with sidecar attached—				(c) a vehicle constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle;
	(i) when not drawing a trailer	40		25	(d) a heavy motor car which is a goods vehicle first used before 15th August 1928.
	(ii) in the case of a motor cycle when drawing a trailer	40		25
	(c) other
	(i) when not drawing a trailer	30		25
	(ii) in the case of a motor cycle when drawing a trailer.	30		25

[F63 (3A) For a category T tractor which is driven at more than 40 km/h, when drawing an agricultural trailer each component of the combination shall comply with the requirements of that component specified in item 3A(a) of Table I and with paragraph (5)(c).]

(4) A goods vehicle shall not be deemed to comply with the requirements of paragraph (3) unless it is capable of complying with those requirements both at the laden weight at which it is operating at any time and when its laden weight is equal to—

(a) if a plating certificate has been issued and is in force for the vehicle, the design gross weight shown in column (3) of that certificate or, if no such weight is so shown, the gross weight shown in column (2) of that certificate; and

(b) in any other case, the design gross weight of the vehicle.

Provided that in the case of a goods vehicle drawing a trailer, references in this paragraph to laden weight refer to the combined laden weight of the drawing vehicle and the trailer and references to gross weight and design gross weight are to be taken as references to train weight and design train weight respectively.

[F64 (4A) A bus shall be deemed not to comply with the requirements of paragraph (3) unless it is capable of complying with those requirements both at its laden weight for the time being and at its relevant weight.

(4B) For the purposes of paragraph (4A), the relevant weight,—

(a) in relation to a bus first used on or after 1st April 1982, is its maximum gross weight; and

(b) in relation to a bus first used before that date, is the weight specified in paragraph (4C).

(4C) The weight referred to in paragraph (4B)(b) is—

where—

X is the unladen weight of that bus in kilograms;

Y is the number of passengers that the bus is constructed or adapted to carry seated in addition to the driver; and

Z is—

(a)

in the case of a PSV which is not an articulated bus and has a standing capacity exceeding 8 persons, the standing capacity minus 8;

(b)

in the case of a PSV which is an articulated bus, the standing capacity; or

(c)

in any other case, nil.]

[F65 (5) The brakes of—

(a) an agricultural motor vehicle, not being a category T tractor, which is first used on or after 1st June 1986 and is not driven at more than 20 mph;

(b) a category T tractor which is first used on or after 1st June 1986 and is not driven at more than 40 km/h; and

(c) an agricultural trailer manufactured on or after 1st December 1985,

shall be capable of achieving a braking efficiency of not less than 25% when the weight of the vehicle is equal to the total maximum axle weights which the vehicle is designed to have.]

(6) Every vehicle or combination of vehicles specified in an item in column 2 of Table II shall be so maintained that its brakes are capable, without the assistance of stored energy, of holding it stationary on a gradient of at least the percentage specified in column 3 in that item.

TABLE II

(regulation 18(6))

1	2	3
Item	Class of vehicle or combination	Percentage gradient
1	A vehicle specified in item 1 of Table I—
	(a) when not drawing a trailer	16
	(b) when drawing a trailer	12
2	A vehicle to which requirement 18 in Schedule 3 applies by virtue of regulation 16.	16
3	A vehicle, not included in item 1, drawing a trailer manufactured on or after 1st January 1968 and required, by regulation 15 or 16, to be fitted with brakes.	16

(7) For the purpose of this regulation the date of manufacture of a trailer which is a composite trailer shall be deemed to be the same as the date of manufacture of the semi-trailer which forms part of the composite trailer.

(8) A vehicle which is subject to, and which complies with the requirements in, item 1 in Tables I and II shall not be treated as failing, by reason of its braking efficiency, to comply with regulation 15 or with [F66 Community Directives 79/489, 85/647, 88/194, 91/422 or 98/12 or with ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, 13.05, 13.06, 13.07, 13.08 or 13.09].

[F67 (9) In this regulation—

“PSV” means a public service vehicle within the meaning of section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;

“standing capacity”, in relation to a PSV, means the number of persons that can be carried standing without an offence being committed under section 26 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.]

Textual Amendments

F51 Reg. 18(1A)(1B) inserted (1.4.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/352), regs. 1, 6(2)

F52 Reg. 18(1C) inserted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 9(2)

F53 Words in reg. 18(2)(a) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 7(1)

F54 Reg. 18(2)(aa) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 7(2)

F55 Word in reg. 18(2)(b) omitted (1.4.1995) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/551), regs. 1, 6(2)

F56 Reg. 18(2)(d) and word inserted (1.4.1995) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/551), regs. 1, 6(2)

F57 Words in reg. 18(3) Table 1 inserted (20.3.2013) by The Road Vehicles (Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/271), regs. 1(2), 3(2)

F58 Words in reg. 18 Table 1 substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 9(3)

F59 Words in reg. 18(3) Table 1 inserted (20.3.2013) by The Road Vehicles (Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/271), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

F60 Words in reg. 18(3) Table 1 Item 3 inserted (1.4.1995) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/551), regs. 1, 6(3)(b)

F61 Reg. 18 Table 1 Item 3A inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 3(a)(i)

F62 Words in reg. 18 Table 1 substituted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 3(a)(ii)

F63 Reg. 18(3A) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 3(b)

F64 Reg. 18(4A)(4B)(4C) inserted (1.4.1995) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/551), regs. 1, 6(4)

F65 Reg. 18(5) substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 7(3)

F66 Words in reg. 18(8) substituted (1.5.2002) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3208), regs. 1(2), 9(4)

F67 Reg. 18(9) inserted (1.4.1995) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/551), regs. 1, 6(6)

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 18 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1

Review of regulation 18 E+W+S

F68 18A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F68 Reg. 18A omitted (20.5.2018) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 4

Application of brakes of trailers E+W+S

19.  Where a trailer is drawn by a motor vehicle the driver (or in the case of a locomotive one of the persons employed in driving or tending the locomotive) shall be in a position readily to operate any brakes required by these Regulations to be fitted to the trailer as well as the brakes of the motor vehicle unless a person other than the driver [F69 (or in the case of a locomotive a person other than one of the persons employed in driving or tending the locomotive)] is in a position and competent efficiently to apply the brakes of the trailer.

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to a trailer which—

(a) in compliance with these Regulations, is fitted with brakes which automatically come into operation on the overrun of the trailer; or

(b) F70 ... is a broken down vehicle being drawn, whether or not in consequence of a breakdown, in such a manner that it cannot be steered by its own steering gear.

Textual Amendments

F69 Words in reg. 19 inserted (2.11.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1981), regs. 1, 12(1)

F70 Word in reg. 19(b) omitted (2.11.1990) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1981), regs. 1, 12(1)

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 19 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1