8. After regulation 13, there shall be inserted the following—
13A.—(1) Subject to regulation 3A, this regulation applies to all vehicles subject to type approval requirements.
(2) The day appointed for the purposes of section 63(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in relation to all vehicles—
(a)to which this Regulation applies; but
(b)which are not of a class for which a day has previously been appointed for those purposes,
is 1st July 1997.
(3) Without prejudice to any other Regulations having effect by virtue of section 63(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, all vehicles to which this Regulation applies are of a class prescribed for the purposes of that section.
(4) The type approval requirements prescribed under section 63(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, in relation to any vehicle to which this Regulation applies, are the prescribed type approval requirements.”