Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply throughout the United Kingdom and come into force on 31st December 1989, amend the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988 (the principal Regulations). They implement Commission Directive 88/465/EEC (OJ No. L228, 17.8.88, p.31) and Council Directive 89/173/EEC (OJ No. L67, 10.3.89, p.1) and make certain other amendments to the principal Regulations.
A printing error in Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is corrected to make clear that the Minister must notify the manufacturer where the facts are as in either paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b) of that regulation (Regulation 3).
Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is amended to provide that the Minister must give notice of the remedies available to the manufacturer and of the time limits for their exercise (Regulation 4).
A new Schedule 2 is substituted which–
adds a reference to Commission Directive 88/465/EEC in the entry relating to drivers' seats;
adds Council Directive 89/173/EEC relating to dimensions and towable masses, speed governors and protection of drive components, projections and wheels, windscreens and other glazing, mechanical couplings, location and fixing of statutory plates and inscriptions, and brake control; and
makes additions to the listed Community Directives.