The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1981

• Citation: S.I. 1981/1732
• Sections: 5

Section 1

These Regulations shall come into operation on 4th January 1982 and may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1981.

Section 2

The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3

After Regulation 5 add the following new Regulation:—

(6) The Secretary of State for Transport hereby designates as an approval mark in respect of a replacement exhaust system to which Commission Directive 81/334/ EEC relates, or any component of such a system (other than fixing hardware and pipes) a clearly legible and indelible marking consisting of—

(a) the trade mark or trade name of the manufacturer of the system or, as the case may be, the component;

(b) the manufacturer's commercial description of the system or, as the case may be, the component;

(c) the distinctive letters of the Member State whose competent authority granted type approval of the system or, as the case may be, the component as indicated in the footnote relating to paragraph 3.1.3 of Annex II of the said Commission Directive; and

(d) the number of the certificate given by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with paragraph 4.1 of Annex II of the said Commission Directive.

Section 4

In Schedule 2:—

(a) after item 11A, insert the following new item:—

(b) after item 17A, insert the following new item:—

(c) after item 18, insert the following new item:—

; and

(d) after item 21, insert the following new item:—

Section 5

In Schedule 4, after item 28, add the following new item:—