2007 No. 855
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 for the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme2.
Accordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, he makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007, and shall come into force on 26th April 2007.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 19983.
Amendment of regulation 3 (interpretation)2
In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations, for the definition of “the Framework Directive”, there is substituted—
“the Framework Directive” means Council Directive 70/156/EEC4—
- a
as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/28/EC5, dated 6th March 2006, and
- b
construed as required by Article 10 of Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 28th September 20056.
Amendment of Schedule 1 (separate Directives)3
1
The table in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is amended as follows.
2
In item 3, in the third and fourth columns, there is added after the last entry—
2006/20/EC*
L48, 18.2.2006, p.16
3
In item 36, in the third and fourth columns, there is added after the last entry—
2006/119/EC*
L330, 28.11.2006, p.12
4
After item 58, the following item is inserted—
59
2005/64/EC†
L310, 25.11.2005, p.10
Recyclability
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)