# The Goods Vehicles (Testing, Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986


(1) The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278798/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-goods-vehicles-testing-drivers-hours-and-tachographs-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-3
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