Schedule THE
SCHEDULE 3
THE PRESCRIBED CONSTRUCTION AND USE REQUIREMENTS
Regulations 3 and 16
PART I
1The requirements contained in the provisions of the Construction and Use Regulationsf1 set out in column (2) of Table I below.
TABLE I
(1) (2) (3) Item No. Regulation Subject Matter 1 15 to 18 Braking systems 2 24 to 27 Tyres 3 29 Maintenance of steering gear 4 30 View to the front 5 33 Mirrors 6 34 Windscreen wipers and washers 7 35 and 36 Speedometer 8 36B Speed limiters 9 37 Audible warning 10 46, 47 and 48 Seat Belt 11 49 and 50 Rear under-run protection 12 51 and 52 Side guards 13 54 Maintenance of silencer 14 61 Smoke emission, oil etc. 15 64 and 65 Spray suppression equipment 16 70A Speed limiter plates 2The requirements contained in the provisions of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989f2 set out in column (2) of Table II below to the extent shown in column (4) of that Table (expressions used in that Table having the same meanings as they have in those Regulations).
TABLE II
(1) (2) (3) (4) Item No. Regulation Subject matter Extent 17 18 Obligatory lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices Except in so far as the regulation relates to dim-dip devices, running lamps, front fog lamps, reversing lamps and warning beacons. 18 20 Optional lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices In so far as the regulation relates to—
headlamps fitted to motor vehicles; direction indicators; rear fog lamps; stop lamps; and rear markings.
19 23 Maintenance of lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices Except in so far as the regulation relates to dim-dip devices, running lamps, front fog lamps, reversing lamps and warning beacons. 3The requirements, in so far as they relate to the installation of recording equipment in Article 3 and the seals to be affixed to such equipment in Article 12 and paragraph 4 of Section V of Annex 1 of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation (as defined in section 85 of the 1988 Act).
PART II
4The requirements of this Part of this Schedule, in relation to a vehicle, are that the condition of the vehicle is such that its use on a road would not involve a danger of injury to any person having regard in particular to items of the following descriptions—
spare wheel carrier;
trailer coupling on a motor vehicle;
coupling on a trailer;
the chassis;
electrical wiring and equipment;
landing legs;
engine mountings;
fuel tanks and system;
transmission shafts and associated equipment;
exhaust system;
battery;
wheels and hubs;
suspension system;
axles and steering gear;
shock absorbers;
bumpers;
wings;
the cab;
driving seat;
the body;
driver’s controls;
cab step or step rings;
glass or other transparent material in windscreen or windows.
Annotations
Footnotes
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“Construction and Use Regulations” is defined in regulation 3(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 as meaning the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. Relevant amendments to the 1986 Regulations are 86/1597, 87/676 and 1133, 88/1178, and 1524, 89/1478 and 1695, 90/1131 and 1981, 1991/1526, 1527, 2003 and 2710, 92/352, 646, 2137, 2909 and 3088, and 93/1946.
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S.I. 1989/1796.