The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1103
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 25th July 1988.

Section 2 Preliminary

The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980 are hereby amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendments relating to the issue of type approval certificates

In regulation 5 after paragraph (1) there is added —

(1A) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a vehicle component conforms with the requirements referred to in paragraph (1) but it appears to him that it fulfills its function or offers a specific feature only in conjunction with another vehicle component of a particular class, he may approve the first mentioned vehicle component as a type subject to —

(a) restrictions relating to the use of components of that type, or

(b) conditions relating to the fitting of components of that type,

and any such restrictions and conditions shall be shown on the type approval certificate.

Section 4 Amendments relating to the issue of type approval certificates

In regulation 9(1) after sub-paragraph (b) there is added —

and

(c) the delivery by the manufacturer with any component which —

(i) is supplied by him other than as part of a complete vehicle, and

(ii) is of a type to which the type approval certificate relates,

of a document giving details of any restrictions and conditions imposed under regulation 5(1A).

Section 5 Amendments relating to form of information document

In the form set out in Part I of Schedule 1, in paragraph (a) of the notes at the end, there is inserted after the definition of “Category N3” —

“off-road vehicle: Off road vehicles are defined in paragraph (b) of the notes to Annex 1 of Council Directive 70/156/ EEC as last amended by Council Directive 87/403/EEC .”.

Section 6 Amendments relating to type approval requirements

In Part I of Schedule 2 —

(a) in item 2, in column 2, there is added —

(b) in item 9, in column 2, there is added —

(c) after item 11, there is inserted the following new item —

(d) in item 40, in column 2, there is added —