{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycle-silencer-and-exhaust-systems-regulations-1995/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycle-silencer-and-exhaust-systems-regulations-1995/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2370",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cycle Silencer and Exhaust Systems Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycle-silencer-and-exhaust-systems-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987;\n“the Directive” means Council Directive 78/1015/EEC as amended by Council Directive 87/56/EEC and Council Directive 89/235/EEC;\n“exhaust system” means an exhaust system for a motor cycle;\n“road”has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988;\n“silencer” means a silencer for an exhaust system; and\n“trade mark”has the same meaning as in the Trade Marks Act 1994.\n(2) A reference in these Regulations to the British Standard Specifications is a reference to—\n(a) the British Standard Specification for replacement motor cycle and moped exhaust systems published by the British Standards Institution under reference number BS AU 193: 1983, and\n(b) the British Standard Specification for replacement motor cycle and moped exhaust systems published by the British Standards Institution under reference number BS AU 193a: 1990,\nand a reference to “a British Standard Specification” shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L349, 13.12.78, p. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L24, 27.1.87, p. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L98, 11.4.89, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1988 c. 52; the definition of “road” in section 192(1) was amended by paragraph 78 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and Schedule 8 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1994 c. 26."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2370/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:01:57.399100+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."
}