The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1981

• Citation: S.I. 1981/126
• Sections: 4

Section 1

These Regulations shall come into operation on 5th March 1981 and may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1981.

Section 2

The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 shall be amended so as to have effect in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3

In Schedule 2—

(a) after item No. 24 insert the following new item—

(b) after item 43C add the following new item:—

Section 4

In Schedule 3, after paragraph 15, add the following new paragraphs:—

(16) The figure in the rectangle above the circle in the marking relating to item No. 24A in Schedule 2 (which indicates the corrected absorption coefficient of the vehicle part to which that marking relates) will be varied in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.

(17) In relation to the marking prescribed at item No. 44 in Schedule 2—

(1) the approval number and any additional symbol outside the marking in relation to this item must be placed close to the circle, and either above or below the “E” or to the left or right of it, the digits of the approval number must be on the same side of the “E” and oriented in the same direction, and any additional symbol must be diametrically opposite the approval number;

(2) the word “universal” shall form part of the marking if the child restraint is manufactured for use in all types of vehicle, but the word “non-universal” shall form part of the marking instead of the word “universal” if the child restraint is not manufactured for use in all types of vehicle; and

(3) the figures “9–36” following the word “universal” or, as the case may be, “non-universal” shall be varied so as to show the weight group for which the child restraint is manufactured being either:—

9–18 kilograms,

15–25 kilograms,

22–36 kilograms,

9–25 kilograms, or

15–36 kilograms.