Amendments to Chapter VIII
30.—(1) In Article 41 (EU type-approval of vehicles produced in small series)—
(a)in the heading—
(i)for “EU” substitute “GB”;
(ii)for “small” substitute “medium”;
(b)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “Member States” substitute “the approval authority”;
(ii)for “an EU” substitute “a GB”;
(iii)for “small” substitute “medium”;
(c)in paragraph 3—
(i)for “EU” the first time it occurs, substitute “GB”;
(ii)for “small” substitute “medium”;
(iii)omit “harmonised”;
(iv)omit the words from “the identification” to “type-approval and for”;
(d)in paragraph 4—
(i)for “Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying” substitute “Secretary of State may by regulations lay”;
(ii)for “EU” substitute “GB”;
(iii)for “small” substitute “medium”;
(iv)omit the second sentence;
(e)for paragraph 5, substitute—
“5. The Secretary of State may by regulations amend—
(a)Appendix I of Part I to Annex II to set out the technical requirements for vehicle categories M, N and O, and
(b)point 1 of Part A of Annex V accordingly as regards the quantitative annual limits.”.
(2) In Article 42 (national type-approval of vehicles produced in small series)—
(a)in the heading, and each time it occurs, omit “national”;
(b)in paragraph 1, for “in the market of each Member State” substitute “in Great Britain”;
(c)in paragraph 2—
(i)for “Member States” the first time it occurs, substitute “The approval authority”;
(ii)for the words from “those Member States” to the end, substitute “the vehicle type satisfies the relevant alternative requirements specified in Schedule 1 to the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020”;
(d)in paragraph 4—
(i)omit “harmonised”;
(ii)omit the words from “the identification of” to “approval and for”;
(e)for paragraph 5, substitute—
“5. The Secretary of State may by regulations lay down the template and numbering system for the type-approval certificate of vehicles produced in small series which must bear the heading “GB small series vehicle type-approval certificate” and must bear the content and nature of the exemptions granted pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article.”.
(3) Omit Article 43 (validity of a national type-approval of vehicles produced in small series).