{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-1999/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2920",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cycles Etc. (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Vehicles to which these Regulations apply",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply to the following vehicles, if they are intended to travel on the road–\n(a) mopeds;\n(b) motor cycles;\n(c) motor tricycles; and\n(d) quadricycles.\nThis is subject to paragraph (2).\n(2) These Regulations do not apply to–\n(a) vehicles with a maximum design speed not exceeding 6 km/h;\n(b) vehicles intended for pedestrian control;\n(c) vehicles intended for use by the physically handicapped;\n(d) vehicles intended for use in competitions, on roads or whatever the terrain;\n(e) tractors and machines, used for agricultural or similar purposes;\n(f) vehicles designed primarily for off-road leisure use having wheels arranged symmetrically with one wheel at the front of the vehicle and two at the rear.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1099",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Cycles Etc. (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1099",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Cycles Etc. (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2920/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:37:07.296745+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."
}