The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

[F1 Speed limiters E+W+S

36A.— (1) This regulation applies to every coach first used on or after 1st April 1974 and which has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 70 mph.

(2) A vehicle to which this regulation applies and which is first used on a date included in an item in column 2 of the Table shall not be used on a road on or after the date specified in column 3 in that item unless it has been fitted with a speed limiter.

TABLE

(regulation 36A (2))

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Date of first use	Date from which requirement applies
1.	1st April 1974 to 31st March 1984	1st April 1991
2.	1st April 1984 to 31st March 1989	1st April 1990
3.	On or after 1st April 1989	Date of first use

(3) Every speed limiter fitted in accordance with paragraph (2) shall—

(a) unless it is fitted before 1st October 1988, comply with Part I of the British Standard;

(b) be calibrated to a set speed not exceeding 70 mph;

(c) be sealed in such a manner as to protect the limiter against any improper interference or adjustment and against any interruption of its power supply; and

(d) be maintained in good and efficient working order.

(4) A vehicle to which a speed limiter has been fitted in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not be driven on a road unless the speed limiter is functioning except for the purpose of—

(a) completing a journey in the course of which the speed limiter has accidentally ceased to function; or

(b) taking the vehicle to a place where the speed limiter is to be repaired or replaced.

(5) In this regulation—

“Part I of the British Standard” means the British Standard for Maximum Road Speed Limiters for Motor Vehicles which was published by the British Standards Institution under the number BSAU 217: Part I: 1987 and which came into effect on 29th May 1987 [F2 as amended by Amendment Slip No. 1 under the number AMD 5969 which was published and came into effect on 30th June 1988];

“set speed” has the same meaning as in clause 2.2 of Part I of the British Standard;

“speed limiter” means a device designed to limit the maximum speed of a motor vehicle by controlling the engine power of the vehicle.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 36A inserted (18.3.1988) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/271), regs. 1, 4(1)

F2 Words in reg. 36A(5) inserted (1.10.1988) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1524), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 2(2))