The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

[F1 70B.— (1) Paragraph (2) applies to every vehicle to which regulation 36B applies and which is fitted with a speed limiter F2 ....

(2) Every vehicle to which this paragraph applies shall be equipped with a plate [F3 which has been supplied by the authorised sealer who sealed the speedlimiter and] which is in a conspicuous and readily accessible position within the driving compartment and which–

(a) if the speed limiter fitted to the vehicle complies with Part I of the British Standard, satisfies the requirements of paragraph (3), or

(b) whether that speed limiter complies with Part I of the British Standard or not, satisfies the requirements of paragraph (4),

in relation to that speed limiter.

(3) In order to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph, a plate must show clearly and indelibly the particulars specified in clause 10 of Part I of the British Standard and the words “SPEED LIMITER FITTED”.

(4) In order to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph, a plate must show clearly and indelibly–

(a) details of a relevant standard with which the speed limiter complies,

(b) the name or trade mark of the calibrator,

(c) the speed at which the speed limiter has been set, and

(d) the words “SPEED LIMITER FITTED”.

[F4 (4A) Paragraph (2) shall have effect, in relation to a vehicle which is not required to be fitted with a speed limiter which has been sealed by an authorised sealer, as if the words “which has been supplied by the authorised sealer who sealed the speedlimiter and” had been omitted.]

(5) In this regulation–

• “calibrator”, in relation to a speed limiter fitted to a vehicle means–

  (a)

  if the person who carried out the final check of the installation and calibration of the speed limiter was employed to do so by another person, his employer; or

  (b)

  in any other case, the person who carried out that final check.

• “Member State” shall be construed in accordance with Schedule I to the European Communities Act 1972;

• “Part I of the British Standard” and “speed limiter” have the same meaning respectively as in regulation 36A;

• “relevant standard” means a standard or a technical regulation of another Member State or an international standard recognised in another Member State, which offers equivalent guarantees of safety, suitability and fitness for the purpose; and

• “trade mark” has the same meaning as in Regulation 70A.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 70B inserted (1.8.1991) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1527), regs. 1, 3(2)

F2 Words in reg. 70B(1) omitted (1.8.1992) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/422), regs. 1(2), 7(2)

F3 Words in reg. 70B(2) inserted (1.8.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/422), regs. 1(2), 7(3)

F4 Reg. 70B(4A) inserted (1.8.1992) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/422), regs. 1(2), 7(4)