The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2017

• Citation: S.I. 2017/852
• Sections: 10

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 20th May 2018.

Section 2 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

In the Table in regulation 3(2)—

(a) after the definition of “Abnormal load escort vehicle” insert—

(b) after the definition of “Daytime hours” insert—

(c) after the definition of “Headlamp” insert—

Section 4 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

In regulation 18—

(a) in paragraph (1) after “paragraphs (2),” insert “(2ZA),”,

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

(2ZA) The requirements specified in paragraph (1) do not apply in the case of a headlamp cleaning device fitted to a lamp, other than a gas discharge headlamp or an adaptive front lighting system.

(c) in paragraph (4) at the end insert “, and 24”.

Section 5 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

In the Table in regulation 20—

(a) in the entry for item 14, in column 3 after “Schedule 14” insert “, Part II”, and

(b) at the end insert—

Section 6 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

In regulation 23—

(a) in paragraph (2)(a)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (viii) omit “and”,

(ii) after paragraph (ix) insert—

(x) daytime running lamp,

(xi) headlamp cleaning device, and

(xii) reversing lamp,

(b) in paragraph (2)(b)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (v) omit “and”,

(ii) after paragraph (vi) insert—

and

(vii) front fog lamp,

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “or”,

(ii) after sub-paragraph (d) insert–

or

(e) a front fog lamp or a daytime running lamp on a vehicle which was first registered before 1st March 2018.

Section 7 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

After regulation 23 insert—

Review

(23A)

(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in regulations 18 and 23, and in Schedules 1, 14 and 24, which relate to—

(i) daytime running lamps,

(ii) front fog lamps,

(iii) headlamp cleaning devices, and

(iv) reversing lamps, and

(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) The first report must be published before 20th May 2023.

(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

(4) Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Article 6 of Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers is implemented in other member States.

(5) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and

(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

(6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

Section 8 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

In Table 1 in Schedule 1, at the end insert—

Section 9 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

In Schedule 14, before the heading “Requirements relating to optional reversing lamps” insert—

Requirements relating to Obligatory Reversing Lamps

Obligatory reversing lamps must comply with the requirements of paragraph 6.4 of ECE Regulation 48.

Section 10 Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

After Schedule 23 insert—

Requirements relating to daytime running lamps

Daytime running lamps must comply with paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of ECE Regulation 87.