[F1Noise limits construction requirements relating to motor cyclesE+W+S
57.—(1) Subject to regulation 59, this regulation applies to every motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1983 which is—
(a)a moped; or
(b)a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not with sidecar attached, which is not a moped.
(2) A vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be so constructed that it meets,—
(a)if it is first used before 1st April 1991, the requirements of item 1 or 2 of the Table in Part I of Schedule 7A;
(b)if it is first used on or after that date, the requirements of item 2 of that Table.
(3) Instead of complying with paragraph (2), a vehicle first used before 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 78/1015, 87/56 or 89/235.
(4) Instead of complying with paragraph (2), a vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 87/56 or 89/235.
(5) In this regulation “moped” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 5 of Schedule 9.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 57-57B substituted for reg. 57 (1.7.1994) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/14), regs. 1(1), 3(5), Sch. 1
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 57 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1