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Article 2 Provisions for GB type-approval of a motor vehicle or a trailer with regard to the space for mounting and the fixing of rear registration platesF4

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

1.

The manufacturer or his representative shall submit to the type-approval authority the application for F1GB type-approval of a vehicle with regard to the space for mounting and the fixing of rear registration plates on motor vehicles and their trailers.

2.

The application shall be drawn up in accordance with the model of the information document set out in Part 1 of Annex I.

F23.

If the relevant requirements set out in either—

(a)

Annex II to this Regulation, or

(b)

subject to paragraph 3A, Part 2 of Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/535 as it applies in EU law on the date that the Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 are made,

are met, the approval authority shall grant a GB type-approval and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683.

The approval authority may not assign the same number to another vehicle type.

(3A.)

Where type-approval is sought pursuant to paragraph 3(b) above, the relevant requirements—

(a)

do not include the requirements within that Part—

(i)

at points 2.1.2. and 2.4.5.; or

(ii)

any which relate to front registration plates; and

(b)

include the requirement at point 1.2.3. of Annex II to this Regulation.

4.

For the purposes of paragraph 3, the type-approval authority shall deliver F3a GB type-approval certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex I.

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), 58(2)(a)

F2

Art. 2(3)(3A) substituted for Art. 2(3) (7.3.2024) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/146), regs. 1(2), 4(2)

F3

Words in Art. 2(4) 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), 58(2)(c)

F4

Words in Art. 2 heading 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), 58(2)(a)