Introductory text

Road Traffic

Made 11th September 2017

Laid before Parliament 14th September 2017

Coming into force 20th May 2018

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49, 51 and 63A of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f1 and by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2.

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated^f3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme.

In accordance with section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 the Secretary of State has consulted with such representative organisations as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1988 c.52; section 49 was amended by paragraph 54 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40) and by S.I. 2016/248; section 51 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 and by paragraph 27 of Part 6 of Schedule 10 to the Deregulation Act 2015 (c.20); section 63A was inserted by section 108 of the Transport Act 1982 (c.49). See section 85 for the definition of “prescribed”.
f2: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
f3: S.I. 1972/1811.