2011 No. 1946
The Road Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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 19721.
The Secretary of State for Transport is a Minister designated2 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.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st September 2011.
2
These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland.
Amendment of Regulations2
1
The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 20093 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 3 (interpretation: general) in paragraph (1), in the definition of “Framework Directive”, after “such vehicles” insert “, as amended by Commission Directive 2010/19/EU4”.
3
In Schedule 2 (interpretation of requirements in regulatory acts) in paragraph 1(a), for “29th April 2009” substitute “1st September 2011”.
4
After regulation 5 (scope of the Regulations), insert—
Duty to Review these Regulations5A
1
Before the end of each review period, the Secretary of State must—
a
carry out a review of these Regulations,
b
set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and
c
publish the report.
2
In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Framework Directive is implemented in other Member States.
3
The report must in particular—
a
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations,
b
assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and
c
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
4
“Review period” means—
a
the period of five years beginning with 1st September 2011, and
b
subject to paragraph (5), each successive period of five years.
5
If a report under this regulation is published before the last day of the review period to which it relates, the following review period is to begin with the day on which that report is published.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)