The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (EEC Manufacturers) Regulations 1981

• Citation: S.I. 1981/493
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) ( EEC Manufacturers) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 27th April 1981.

(2) In these Regulations expressions which are also used in Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1972 have the same meanings as in that Part.

Section 2 Application of provisions relating to type approval certificates and certificates of conformity

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions—

(a) of sections 47 to 50 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (approval of design, construction, etc. , of vehicles and vehicle parts) ; and

(b) of regulations made thereunder before the coming into operation of these Regulations,

so far as relating to type approval certificates and certificates of conformity, shall apply in relation to vehicles and vehicle parts manufactured in a member State of the Economic Community (other than the United Kingdom) or in Northern Ireland as they apply in relation to vehicles and vehicle parts manufactured in Great Britain.

(2) Nothing in the said provisions as applied by paragraph (1) shall require the Secretary of State for Transport to issue a type approval certificate before the expiration of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into operation.

(3) In consequence of paragraph (1) above any reference in the said provisions to a vehicle or vehicle part (including a reference which is to be construed as including such a reference) shall be construed as including a reference to a vehicle or vehicle part manufactured in a member State of the Economic Community (other than the United Kingdom) or in Northern Ireland.