The Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations amend the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 (“the 1974 Regulations”) so that any safety cab (as defined by regulation 2(1) of the 1974 Regulations) which is marked with a component type-approval mark in accordance with–

(a) Council Directive 77/536/EEC (OJ No. L220, 29.8.77, p. 1) relating to the roll-over protection structures of certain wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors, as amended by Council Directive 87/354/EEC (OJ No. L192, 11.7.87, p. 43);

(b) Council Directive 79/622/EEC (OJ No. L179, 17.7.79, p. 1) relating to the static testing of roll-over protection structures of certain wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors, as amended by Council Directive 87/354/EEC and as adapted to technical progress by Commission Directives 82/953/EEC (OJ No. L386, 31.12.82, p. 31) and 88/413/EEC (OJ No. L200, 26.7.88, p. 32);

(c) Council Directive 86/298/EEC (OJ No. L186, 8.7.86, p. 26) relating to the rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors; or

(d) Council Directive 87/402/EEC (OJ No. L220, 8.8.87, p. 1) relating to the roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver’s seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors,

shall be deemed to be approved and correctly marked in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1974 Regulations if it is fitted to and for use with a tractor of the type to which it was attached when tested pursuant to the relevant Directive specified above, and the driver-perceived noise level is within either of the limits specified in Article 2.1 of Council Directive 77/311/EEC (OJ No. L105, 28.4.77, p. 1) (relating to the driver-perceived noise level of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors) when measured in accordance with the relevant Annex to that Directive.

2.  These Regulations further amend the 1974 Regulations so that (after the coming into force of these Regulations) non EEC type-approved safety cabs can be approved under those 1974 Regulations only if–

(a) the noise levels inside such cabs would be within either of the limits specified in Article 2.1 of Council Directive 77/311/EEC if measured in accordance with the relevant Annex to that Directive; and

(b) they would be capable of satisfying the construction and testing requirements of any of the Council Directives specified in paragraph 1(a) to (d) of this note.

3.  These Regulations insert a savings provision into the 1974 Regulations for the purpose of making it clear that nothing in these Regulations will affect the validity of any existing certificate of approval issued under those 1974 Regulations.

4.  These Regulations also revoke regulation 3A of the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 and the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) (Amendment) Regulations 1984.