The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 1838

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1994

Made

11th July 1994

Laid before Parliament

19th July 1994

Coming into force

9th August 1994

The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated(1) for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:-

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 9th August 1994.

2.  In section 97(7) of the Transport Act 1968(3), in the definition of “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation”, for the words from “as amended” to “article 3 of” there shall be substituted the words “as it has effect in accordance with”, and after the words “16th November 1990 and” there shall be inserted the words “Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3688/92 of 21st December 1992(4), and”.

3.  In regulation 1(3) of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1979(5), in the definition of “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation”, for the words from “as amended” to “article 3 of” there shall be substituted the words “as it has effect in accordance with”, and after the words “16th November 1990 and” there shall be inserted the words “Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3688/92 of 21st December 1992, and”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Key

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

11th July 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the definition of “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” in section 97(7) of the Transport Act 1968 and regulation 1(3) of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1979 to take account of the amendments to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 (O.J. No. L370, 31.12.1985, p. 8) made by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3688/92 (O.J. No. L374, 22.12.1992, p. 12). The amendments to the Council Regulation have been made to take account of technical changes in recording equipment in road transport.

By virtue of article 3 of the Commission Regulation the amendments take effect in respect of recording equipment (tachographs) in new vehicles brought into service for the first time as from 1st January 1996.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1811.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

1968 c. 73; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1979/1746, S.I. 1986/1457 and S.I. 1991/381.

(4)

O.J. No. L374, 12.12.92, p. 12.

(5)

S.I. 1979/1746; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986/1457 and S.I. 1991/381.