PART 3National small series type approval and individual approval
CHAPTER 1F1Small series type approvals
Grant of F2GB small series type-approval and UK (NI) national small series type approvalI116
1
The approval authority must—
F3a
make the decision whether or not to grant—
i
a GB small series type-approval or an amendment to such an approval in accordance with Article 42 of the Type Approval Regulation (type-approval of vehicles produced in small series),
ii
a UK (NI) national small series type-approval or an amendment to such an approval in accordance with Article 42 of the EU Type Approval Regulation, or
iii
an amendment to a national small series type-approval granted prior to IP completion day in accordance with Article 42 of the Type Approval Regulation,
b
not grant the approval without first being satisfied that adequate arrangements have been made to ensure that production vehicles conform to the approved type, and
c
give notice of the decision to the applicant.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the alternative requirements required to be laid down under Article 42(2) are the technical or other requirements specified in Schedule 1.
3
Where the approval authority decides to grant or amend F4a type-approval in accordance with paragraph (1), the authority must issue a type approval certificate which complies with regulation 20(1).
4
If the holder of a F5type-approval granted or amended in accordance with paragraph (1) so requests, the approval authority must send, by registered or electronic mail, a copy of the type approval certificate and any attachments relating to it to an authority in a member State F7... corresponding to the approval authority.
5
Upon receiving a request from a person wishing to sell, register or put into service in a member State F8... a vehicle manufactured in conformity with a F6type-approval granted or amended in accordance with paragraph (1), the approval authority must supply to the authority in that member State corresponding to the approval authority a copy of the type approval certificate and any attachments relating to it.
6
The approval authority may refuse to grant a F9GB small series type-approval or a UK (NI) national small series type approval if the authority is not satisfied that the applicant has made adequate arrangements to comply with regulation 7.
7
The holder of F10a type approval granted under paragraph (1) must issue, in respect of each vehicle (whether incomplete, complete or completed) which is manufactured in conformity with that approval, a certificate of conformity which—
a
complies with regulation 20(3), and
b
is numbered sequentially between 1 and the maximum permitted number to denote, in respect of each year of production, the position of the vehicle within the production allocated for that year.
8
In paragraph (7), “maximum permitted number” and “year” have the meanings given in regulation 21(9).
9
Article 36(3) of the Type Approval Regulation F11or, in the case of a UK (NI) national small series type approval, the EU Type Approval Regulation, applies in relation to the issue of a duplicate of a certificate of conformity originally issued under paragraph (7).
Word in Pt. 3 Ch. 1 heading substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 14(1)