The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2001

Regulation 5(1)(b)

SCHEDULE 4 E+W+S APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEVANT VEHICLES EXCEPT SCHEDULE 2 VEHICLES

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 in force at 1.2.2001, see reg. 1

(The expressions in bold type are defined in column 4)

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Item	Subject matter	Design, construction and equipment requirements			Definitions and supplementary provisions	Exemptions and modifications
		(a) Date of manufacture of the vehicle	(b) Community Instrument	(c) ECE Regulation
3	Protective steering	1st July 1991	Directive 74/297/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5 and 6	ECE Regulation 12.01, paragraphs 5 and 6		This item shall not apply to— (a) vehicles, the steering control of which has been specially constructed for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability; (b) ambulances, motor caravans and hearses (in each case) having a maximum gross weight of more than 2,500 kg if the vehicle has been derived from a goods vehicle which either had a maximum gross weight of not less than 1,500 kg or was manufactured before 1st October 1997; and (c) armoured vehicles.
		1st October 1996	Directive 74/297/EEC as last amended by Directive 91/662/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5 and 6	ECE Regulation 12.03, paragraphs 5 and 6
4	Exhaust emissions	1st January 1993	Directive 70/220/EEC as last amended by: Directive 91/441/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to passenger cars)	ECE Regulation 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 amd 13	For the purposes of this item— “passenger car” means a motor vehicle which (a) is constructed or adapted to carry passengers and is not a goods vehicle; (b) * has no more than 6 seats including the driver’s seat; and (c) has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2,500 kg. *Note: paragraph (b) does not apply to vehicles manufactured after 1st January 2001.
		1st October 1994	Directive 93/59/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to vehicles other than passenger cars)	ECE Regulation 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13
		1st January 1997	Directive 94/12/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 (applies only to passenger cars)	ECE Regulation 83.02, paragraph 5	“Reference mass” has the same meaning as in Directive 70/220/EEC as last amended by Directive 96/69/EC.
		1st October 1997 (applies from this date to Class I vehicles)	Directive 96/69/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5	ECE Regulation 83.03, paragraph 5	“Class I vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass not exceeding 1,250 kg (1,305 kg from 1st January 2001).
		1st October 1998 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles)	“	“	“Class II vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,250 kg (1,305 kg from 2001) but not exceeding 1,700 kg (1,760 kg from 2001).
		1st October 1999	Directive 98/77/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 (applies to vehicles fuelled by liquid petroleum gas or compressed natural gas)	ECE Regulation 83.04, paragraph 5	“Class III vehicle” means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,700 kg (1,760 kg from 2001).
		1st January 2001 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles)	Directive 98/69/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5 (Phase I limits)			Does not apply until 1st January 2002 providing the vehicle is registered before that date.
		1st January 2002 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles)	“		“Diesel passenger vehicle” means a vehicle of category M1 the maximum mass of which exceeds 2,000 kg, fitted with a compression ignition engine, and which is:	Does not apply until 1st January 2003 providing the vehicle is registered before that date.
		1st January 2003 (until this date, a diesel passenger vehicle is treated as a vehicle of category N1)	“		(a) construct-ed or adapted to carry more than 6 occupants including the driver, or (b) an off-road vehicle as defined in Annex II to the 1970 Directive.
		1st January 2006 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles) 1st January 2007 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles)	Directive 98/69/EC annex 1, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits) “
8	Anti-theft devices	1st October 1998	Directive 74/61/EEC as last amended by Directive 95/56/EC, annex V (electronic immobiliser) and annex VI (alarm system)	ECE Regulation 18.02, paragraph 7 and ECE Regulation 97.01 paragraphs 5,6 and 7 (alarm system) and paragraphs 31, 32 and 33 (immobiliser)
10	Seat belt anchorages		Directive 76/115/EEC as last amended by:
		1st July 1991	Directive 82/318/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 4 and 5	ECE Regulation 14.02, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7
		1st July 1997	Directive 90/629/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 4 and 5	ECE Regulation 14.03, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7
11	Installation of seat belts	1st July 1997	Directive 77/541/EEC as last amended by: Directive 90/628/EEC, annex 1, paragraphs 3.1 to 3.1.9		“disabled person’s belt” has the same meaning as in regulation 47(8) of the Construction and Use Regulations.	The requirements shall not apply in relation to a seat fitted to a disabled person’s vehicle if the vehicle is fitted with a disabled person’s belt for that seat.
		1st October 1999	Directive 96/36/EC, annex 1, paragraphs 3.1 to 3.1.10 and 3.1.11 and 3.1.12	ECE Regulation 16.04, (Supplement 8) paragraphs 8.1 to 8.1.10.3 and 8.1.11 to 8.1.12
12	Brakes		Directive 71/320/EEC as last amended by:
		1st April 1995 1st October 1999	Directive 91/442/EEC, annex 1, paragraph 2 Directive 98/12/EC, annex 1, paragraph 2.1.1.3 (Requirements for asbestos-free brake linings only)	ECE Regulation 13.06 paragraph 5 ECE Regulation 13.09, paragraph 5.1.1.3 or ECE Regulation 13H, paragraph 5.1.1.3 (Requirements for asbestos-free brake linings only)
		31st March 2001	Directive 98/12/EC, annex 1, paragraph 2 (All requirements)	ECE Regulation 13.09, paragraph 5 or ECE Regulation 13H, paragraph 5 (All requirements)
13	Noise and silencers	1st July 1991	Directive 70/157/EEC as last amended by: Directive 84/424/EEC, annex 1, paragraph 5	ECE Regulation 51.01, paragraph 5
	1st January 1997	Directive 92/97/EEC or Directive 96/20/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5	ECE Regulation 51.02, paragraph 5
26	Carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption	1st January 1997	Directive 80/1269/EEC as last amended by Directive 93/116/EC, annex 1, paragraph 5	ECE Regulation 101, paragraph 5
27	Frontal impact	1st October 2003	Directive 96/79/EC, annex 2, paragraph 3	ECE Regulation 94.01, paragraph 5
28	Side impact	1st October 2003	Directive 96/27/EC, annex 2, paragraph 3	ECE Regulation 95.01, paragraph 5