The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Amendments to regulation 4 (application of type approval requirements)

3.—(1) Regulation 4 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), after “(2),” there shall be inserted “(2A),”.

(3) In paragraph (2), the words “and as at its date of manufacture” shall be omitted.

(4) After paragraph (2) as so amended, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(2A) In relation to a particular vehicle—

(a) a type approval requirement applicable to the vehicle at the date of manufacture shall continue to apply to it until it is first used; and

(b) a type approval requirement which is applicable to vehicles as from a date after that vehicle was manufactured shall not apply to the vehicle unless the subject matter of the requirement is the same as that of a requirement applicable to it on the date it was manufactured;

but nothing in this paragraph affects the operation of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) so far as it relates to requirements with respect to exhaust emissions from any vehicle, other than a vehicle with fewer than 4 wheels or fuelled solely by liquid petroleum gas.”.

(5) In paragraph (3), the words from the beginning to “this regulation,” shall be omitted.

(6) Paragraph (3A) shall be omitted.

(7) In paragraph (4), there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “Save as provided in paragraph (4A),”.

(8) After paragraph (4) as so amended, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(4A) The provisions of paragraph (4) do not apply in respect of items 2D and 2F in Part I of Schedule 1.”.

(9) In paragraph (14) after “2E,” there shall be inserted “2F,”.