The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/2212
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 10th December 1990.

Section 2 Preliminary

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

(2) The Secretary of State is satisfied that—

(a) it is requisite that the provisions of regulation 4 shall apply as from 10th December 1990 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and

(b) notwithstanding that the said provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby.

Section 3 Amendments to regulation 39

For the cross heading to regulation 39 there shall be substituted “Fuel tanks”.

Section 4 Amendments to regulation 39

For regulation 39(1) there shall be substituted—

(1) This regulation applies to every fuel tank which is fitted to a wheeled vehicle for the purpose of supplying fuel to the propulsion unit or to an ancillary engine or to any other equipment forming part of the vehicle.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), every fuel tank to which this regulation applies—

(a) shall be constructed and maintained so that the leakage of any liquid from the tank is adequately prevented;

(b) shall be constructed and maintained so that the leakage of vapour from the tank is adequately prevented; and

(c) if it contains petroleum spirit (as defined in section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928) and is fitted to a vehicle first used on or after 1st July 1973, shall be—

(i) made only of metal; and

(ii) fixed in such a position and so maintained as to be reasonably secure from damage.

(3) Notwithstanding the requirement of paragraph (2)(b), the fuel tank may be fitted with a device which, by the intake of air or the emission of vapour, relieves changes of pressure in the tank.

Section 5 Amendments to regulation 39

Regulation 39(2) shall be renumbered as regulation 39(4) and in that paragraph for “paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (2) and (3)”.