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Article 2 Scope

United Kingdom

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1.

This Regulation shall apply to the following:

(a)

motor vehicles of category M1 as defined in F1Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;

(b)

motor vehicles of category N1 as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;

(c)

frontal protection systems fitted as original equipment to the vehicles referred to in points (a) and (b) or supplied as separate technical units intended for fitting to such vehicles.

2.

Sections 2 and 3 of Annex I to this Regulation shall not apply to:

(a)

vehicles of category N1; and

(b)

vehicles of category M1 derived from N1 and of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg;

where the driver position ‘R-point’ is either forward of the front axle or longitudinally rearwards of the front axle transverse centreline by a maximum of 1 100 mm.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 50(2)