# The Filament Lamps for Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 1982 S.I. 1982/444 · made 24 March 1982 These Regulations prohibit a person from supplying, offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply or possessing for supply any filament lamp of a type to which an ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in an item in column 2 of the Table to Regulation 2 applies unless it is marked with a marking designated as an approval mark by the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979.The following Table is added as a matter of convenience. Where the number of an item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) is specified in column 2 in an item in the Table below, the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in the item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) categorises the filament lamps to which it relates by the letters and numbers specified in the item in column 3 of the Table below. The type of lamp (as described in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument) in which a filament lamp so categorised is normally used is indicated in the relevant item in column 4 of the Table below, and the rated wattage of such a filament lamp as specified in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument is as shown in that item in column 5 of that Table. Where, in column 6 of the Table below, a number is shown that number is the one usually given to the filament lamp as a matter of trade practice.241.290291.346207.209225.226928149.150247.248 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/filament-lamps-for-vehicles-safety-regulations-1982/pdf/uksi_19820444_en.pdf ## Introductory text CONSUMER PROTECTION Made 24th March 1982 Laid before Parliament in draft Coming into Operation 24th September 1982 Whereas the Secretary of State has, in accordance with the provisions of section 1(4) of the Consumer Safety Act 1978, consulted with such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, the Health and Safety Commission and such other persons as he considers appropriate: And whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament: Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the said Act and now vested in him, hereby makes the following Regulations: ## 1 (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Filament Lamps for Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 1982. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the expiry of a period of six months beginning on the day on which these Regulations are made. ## 2 (1) No person shall supply, offer to supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any filament lamp of a type to which an ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in an item in column 2 of the Table below applies unless it is marked with the marking designated as an 0approval mark by the provisions in the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 mentioned in relation to that item in column 3 of that Table. TABLE 1 2 3 Item No. ECE Regulation or Community Instrument Provisions in the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 1 ECE Regulation No. 2 Regulation 4 and item 2 or 2A in Schedule 2. 2 ECE Regulation No. 8 Regulation 4 and item 8 in Schedule 2. 3 ECE Regulation No. 20 Regulation 4 and item 20 in Schedule 2. 4 ECE Regulation No. 37 Regulation 4 and item 37 or 37A in Schedule 2. 5 Council Directive 76/761/EEC of 27th July 1976 Regulation 5 and item 18 in Schedule 4. (2) In this Regulation “ECE Regulation” has the meaning given in Regulation 3(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979. ## 3 The prohibition specified in Regulation 2(1) above relates only to a filament lamp as an entity separate from, and not as part of, a lamp unit or a vehicle. ## Signature David Howell Secretary of State for Transport 24th March 1982 ## Explanatory note 1. These Regulations prohibit a person from supplying, offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply or possessing for supply any filament lamp of a type to which an ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in an item in column 2 of the Table to Regulation 2 applies unless it is marked with a marking designated as an approval mark by the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979. 2. The following Table is added as a matter of convenience. Where the number of an item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) is specified in column 2 in an item in the Table below, the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in the item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) categorises the filament lamps to which it relates by the letters and numbers specified in the item in column 3 of the Table below. The type of lamp (as described in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument) in which a filament lamp so categorised is normally used is indicated in the relevant item in column 4 of the Table below, and the rated wattage of such a filament lamp as specified in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument is as shown in that item in column 5 of that Table. Where, in column 6 of the Table below, a number is shown that number is the one usually given to the filament lamp as a matter of trade practice. TABLE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Item No. Number of item in Table to Regulation 2(1) Category—letters and numbers—provided by ECE Regulation 37 Type of lamp in which filament lamp is normally used Rated wattage specified in ECE Regulation or Community Instrument Numbers given to filament lamps in trade practice 6 volts 12 volts 24 volts 6 volts 12 volts 24 volts 1. 1, 4 and 5 R2 Headlamp 45/40 45/40 55/50 423.424 410.411 428.429 2. 2 and 4 H1 Headlamp & auxiliary lamp 55 55 70 465 448 466 3. 2 and 4 H2 Headlamp & auxiliary lamp 55 55 70 — 479 482 4. 2 and 4 H3 Headlamp & auxiliary lamp 55 55 70 455 453 460 5. 3 and 4 H4 Headlamp — 60/55 75/70 — 472.476 475.478 6. 4 F1 Auxiliary lamp 36 48 44 173 323 330.606 7. 4 F2 Auxiliary lamp 35 35 35 — — — 8. 4 F3 Auxiliary lamp 45 45 50 — — — 9. 4 P25-1 Direction indicator, stop, rear fog or reversing lamp 21 21 21 317.319 335.382 241.290 291.346 10. 4 P25-2 Stop or rear position lamp 21/5 21/5 21/5 384 380.927 294 11. 4 R19/5 Front, rear position, side marker or number plate lamp 5 5 5 205.206 207.209 225.226 928 149.150 247.248 12. 4 R19/10 Number plate lamp 10 10 10 244 245 246 13. 4 C11 Rear lamp 5 5 5 — 239 242 14. 4 C15 Reversing lamp — 21 — — 273 — 15. 4 T8/4 Position and number plate lamp 4 4 4 293 233.929 249 16. 4 W10/5 Position and number plate lamp 5 5 5 — 501.930 507 17. 4 W10/3 Side repeater lamp 3 3 3 — 504 505 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/444 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/filament-lamps-for-vehicles-safety-regulations-1982 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.