The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 21st February 1997.

2.  The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979(1) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

3.  In Schedule 2 —

(a) after item 36A there shall be inserted items 36B and 36C as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(b) after item 44B there shall be inserted item 44C as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(c) after item 50A there shall be inserted items 51 and 51A as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

4.  In Schedule 3 —

(a) after paragraph 2 there shall be inserted the following paragraph —

“2A.   The number shown outside and on the right of the circle in any such marking will be varied, where appropriate, so as to be the number assigned by the competent authority of a Contracting State to each type approved. The said number will be close to and outside the circle in such a position relative thereto as may be authorised by the relevant ECE Regulation, so however that it shall be read in the same direction as the number inside the circle.;”

(b) for paragraph 7 there shall be substituted the following paragraph —

“7.   The Roman numeral shown outside and on the right of the circle in the markings relating to items No. 36, 36A, 36B and 36C in Schedule 2 will be varied, where appropriate, in cases where the vehicle to which a marking relates was placed in a class other than Class II when it was approved in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.”;

(c) in paragraph 17 —

(i) the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (2) shall be omitted;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3)(a), after “0-25 kilogrammes,” there shall be inserted “0-36 kilogrammes,”; and

(iii) at the end of sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted —

“; and

(4) the symbol “Y” shall form part of the marking prescribed at item 44B if the child restraint contains a crotch strap in conformity with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking”

• ; and

(d) after paragraph 17 there shall be inserted the following paragraph —

“17A.   In relation to the marking prescribed at item No. 44C in Schedule 2 —

(1) the approval number and any additional symbol outside the marking in relation to this item must be placed close to the circle, and either above or below the “E” or to the left or right of it, the digits of the approval number must be on the same side of the “E” and orientated in the same direction, and any additional symbol must be diatmetrically opposite the approval number;

(2) the words “universal”, “restricted”, “semi-universal” or “vehicle specific” shall form part of the marking depending on the category of child restraint as defined in the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking;

(3) the figures “9-36” following the word “universal” or, as the case may be, “restricted”, “semi-universal” or “vehicle specific”, shall be varied so as to show the weight group for which the child restraint is manufactured being —

• 0-10 kilogrammes,

• 0-13 kilogrammes,

• 0-18 kilogrammes,

• 0-25 kilogrammes,

• 0-36 kilogrammes,

• 9-18 kilogrammes,

• 15-25 kilogrammes,

• 22-36 kilogrammes,

• 9-25 kilogrammes, or

• 15-36 kilogrammes;

(4) the symbol “S” shall form part of the marking if the child restraint is designed for children who have special needs as a result of either a physical or mental handicap; and

(5) the symbol “Y” shall form part of the marking if the child restraint contains a crotch strap in conformity with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.”.

5.  In Schedule 4 after item 33 there shall be added items 34, 35, 36 and 37 as set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

6.  In Schedule 5 after paragraph 15 there shall be added the following paragraphs —

“16.   In relation to the marking prescribed at item No. 34 in Schedule 4 —

(a) the symbol , indicating that the burning rate of the material has been determined for both the horizontal and the vertical directions, shall be varied, where appropriate, to either of the symbols or to indicate respectively that the burning rate has been determined for either the horizontal or vertical direction;

(b) the symbol shall only form part of the marking if the component has been approved according to its melting behaviour;

(c) the symbol shall only form part of the marking if the component has been approved as a complete device;

(d) the last four digits of the number below the rectangle shall be varied so as to be the number of the approval document issued for the motor vehicle part concerned; and

(e) the symbols referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above and the number referred to in sub-paragraph (d) shall be placed in the vicinity of the rectangle.

17.   In relation to the marking prescribed at item No 35 in Schedule 4 —

(a) the symbol “AI”, indicating that the component or the separate technical unit is a combination of both a vehicle alarm system and an immobilizer, shall be varied, where appropriate, to either of the symbols “A” or “I” to indicate respectively that the component or separate technical unit is either a vehicle alarm system or an immobilizer;

(b) the last four digits of the number to the right of the rectangle shall be varied so as to be the number of the approval document issued for the motor vehicle part concerned; and

(c) the combination of any symbol referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above and the number referred to in sub-paragraph (b) shall be placed in the vicinity of the rectangle.

18.   The number shown outside and below the rectangle shall be in the vicinity of the rectangle and its last four digits shall be varied so as to be the number of the approval document issued for the motor vehicle part concerned.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Bowis

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

15th January 1997