The Road Vehicles (Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013

PART 2

Amendment of Regulations

5.  The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988(1) are amended in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these Regulations.

Fees for re-tests

6.  In regulation 16(6)(c)(iii), for “paragraph 3” substitute “paragraphs 3, 3A and 3B”.

Schedule 3 (The Prescribed Construction and Use Requirements)

7.  In Schedule 3, Part I, after paragraph 3, insert—

“3A.   The requirements contained in regulations 5, 6, 7, 9 to 11, and 13 to 15 of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001(2).

3B.   The registration mark displayed on the vehicle is in accordance with the records held for that vehicle by the Secretary of State.”.

8.—(1) In Schedule 3, Part II, in paragraph 4—

(a) for “battery”, substitute “battery, including its ventilation and any connected switches or fuses”; and

(b) after “load securing devices” add—

“;

• electrical connections between a vehicle and its trailer;

• the supplementary restraint system, including safety belt pre-tensioners, safety belt load limiters and air bags;

• the electronic stability control”.

Duty to Review

9.  After regulation 42A, insert—

“Review of the prescribed requirements for tests

42B.— (1) The Secretary of State must—

(a) conduct a review of the operation and effect of the prescribed construction and use requirements in Schedule 3;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish a report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how, insofar as it relates to the prescribed construction and use requirements, Directive 2009/40/EC(3) is implemented in other member States of the EU.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the prescribed construction and use requirements in Schedule 3;

(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) The first report under this regulation must be published before 20th March 2018.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”.

(1)

S.I. 1988/1478; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/2048, 2003/1816, 2004/1873 and 2009/3220.

(2)

S.I. 2001/561; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/1079, 2002/2687 and 2009/811.

(3)

Directive 2009/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (OJ L141, 6.6.2009, p.12) as amended by Commission Directive 2010/48/EU of 5 July 2010 (OJ L173, 8.7.2010, p.47).