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4.—(1) Regulation 5 shall be amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2) The items in Schedule 3 numbered 3, 4, 10 and 13 shall not apply to relevant vehicles which are not Schedule 2 vehicles, except that item 10 shall apply to disabled person’s vehicles and vehicles that have been adapted to category M1.”.
(3) For paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(8) A relevant vehicle shall be regarded as complying with all the requirements prescribed under section 54 of the 1988 Act if at least one of the following three conditions are satisfied in relation to each applicable subject matter mentioned in Schedule 3 or 4—
(a)the vehicle complies with the requirements set out in paragraph (1);
(b)the requirements applicable to the vehicle are prescribed by regulation 4 of the 1984 Regulations or by regulation 4 of the 1982 Regulations in relation to the subject matter and the vehicle complies with those requirements;
(c)the vehicle has been issued with a Department’s approval certificate issued in accordance with Article 31A (4) or (5) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1).”.
(4) After paragraph (8) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(8A) A relevant vehicle which meets the technical requirements for permanent registration in another EEA State shall be treated as complying with all the requirements prescribed under section 54 of the 1988 Act, except to the extent that following an assessment of documentation where such is provided, the Secretary of State is unable to establish that the vehicle satisfies standards equivalent to those prescribed in relation to each applicable subject matter mentioned in Schedule 3 or 4.”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2004, see reg. 1
S.I. 1981/154 (N.I.1).