The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/2360
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 11th January 1990.

Section 2 Preliminary

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendments to regulation 53A (strength of superstructure)

In regulation 53A(1) (c) for “1st April 1990” there shall be substituted “1st April 1993”.

Section 4 Amendments to regulation 83 (number of trailers)

In the Table in regulation 83_

(a) in item 4, for paragraph (b) in column 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph_

(b) 1 trailer

(b) in item 6 for “1 trailer if laden” there shall be substituted “1 trailer”.

Section 5 Schedule 7—fire extinguishing apparatus

For Part I of Schedule 7 there shall be substituted–

(see regulation 42)FIRE EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS

A fire extinguisher which complies in all respects with the specification for portable fire extinguishers issued by the British Standards Institution numbered BS 5423: 1977 or BS 5423: 1980 or BS 5423:1987 and which_

(a) has a minimum test fire rating of 8A or 21B, and

(b) contains water or foam or contains, and is marked to indicate that it contains, halon 1211 or halon 1301.