Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988^f1;

• “the motor cycle Directive” means Council Directive 92/61/EEC^f2 of 30th June 1992 relating to the type approval of two or three wheel motor vehicles;

• “EC certificate of conformity” means any certificate of conformity issued by the holder of an EC type approval certificate—

  1. (a)

     under regulation 4, or

  2. (b)

     under any provision of the law of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom giving effect to Article 7 of the Directive;

• “EC type approval” means—

  1. (a)

     vehicle type approval in relation to a vehicle granted pursuant to the motor cycle Directive, or

  2. (b)

     component type approval granted pursuant to a separate Directive,and references to an application for EC type approval and other cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “EC type approval certificate” means a type approval certificate issued—

  1. (a)

     under regulation 3(5), or

  2. (b)

     under any provision of the law of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom giving effect to Article 4 of the motor cycle Directive;

• “EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993^f3;

• “EEA State” means a state which is a contracting Party to the EEA Agreement but, until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein, does not include the State of Liechtenstein; and

• “separate Directive” means a Directive specified in column (2) of an item in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Other expressions used in these Regulations which are also used in the motor cycle Directive shall have the same meaning as in that Directive and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—