Vehicles and End-of-Life Vehicles to which these Regulations applyU.K.
3.—(1) These Regulations apply to vehicles and end-of-life vehicles including their components and materials.
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(3) Notwithstanding regulation 38(2), the Regulations shall apply irrespective of how the vehicle has been serviced or repaired during use and irrespective of whether it is equipped with components supplied by the producer or with other components whose fitting as spare or replacement parts accords with the appropriate F2... domestic provisions.
[F3[F4(4) These Regulations do not apply to three-wheel motor vehicles.]
(5) With effect from 31st December 2006, regulations 37 to 43 of these Regulations shall cease to apply.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 3(2) omitted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 21 para. 43(3)(a) (with regs. 69-72)
F2Words in reg. 3(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 9(4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 3(4)(5) inserted (3.3.2005) by The End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/263), regs. 1, 28(a)
F4Reg. 3(4) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 21 para. 43(3)(b) (with regs. 69-72)