{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1230/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1230/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/1230",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1230",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Derogations",
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to Article 9 of the Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003, a GB type-approval may be granted for—\n(a) motor vehicles, the width of which exceeds the requirements of this Regulation, or\n(b) trailers, the length or width of which exceeds the requirements of this Regulation,\nwhere the vehicle or trailer is intended for the transport of indivisible loads.\n1a. Where paragraph 1 applies, the type approval certificate and the certificate of conformity must indicate clearly that the vehicle, or trailer, as appropriate, is intended only for the transport of indivisible loads.\n2. The approval authority may grant approvals under Articles 42 and 45 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 for vehicles exceeding the maximum authorised dimensions set out in point 1.1 of Parts B, C and D of Annex I to this Regulation.\n...",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(1)(1a) substituted for Art. 6(1) (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), 71(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(2) 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), 71(8)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(2) 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), 71(8)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(2) omitted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by virtue of 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), 71(8)(b)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1230/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:56.620551+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}