Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1946
Road Traffic
The Road Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Made
2nd August 2011
Laid before Parliament
5th August 2011
Coming into force
1st September 2011
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).
The Secretary of State for Transport is a Minister designated(2) for the purposes of section 2(2) of that Act for the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme.
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1), and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), section 3(3) and Part 1 of the schedule.