Regulation 3 Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

(1)

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (interpretation), in paragraph (2), in the table, after the definition of “works truck” insert—

“

zero-emission vehicle a vehicle without an internal combustion engine, or with an internal combustion engine that has emissions of CO ₂ of zero grams per kilometre.

”.

(3)

In regulation 27 (condition and maintenance of tyres)—

(a)

in paragraph (1A), in sub-paragraph (c), for paragraph (ii), substitute—

“(ii)

goods vehicles—

(aa)

which are not zero-emission vehicles, with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg, or

(bb)

which are zero-emission vehicles, with a maximum gross weight exceeding 4,250 kg.”;

(b)

in paragraph (4), in sub-paragraph (e), for paragraph (ii), substitute—

“(ii)

goods vehicles—

(aa)

with a maximum gross weight which does not exceed 3,500 kg, or

(bb)

which are zero-emission vehicles with a maximum gross weight over 3,500 kg but not exceeding 4,250 kg; and”;

(c)

in paragraph (4), in sub-paragraph (e), in paragraph (iii), for “sub-paragraph (ii)” substitute “sub-paragraph (ii)(aa)”.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1986/1078, amended by S.I. 1990/1981, 1991/2710, 2015/152 and 2020/1178; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.