Regulation 2 Interpretation and application

In these Regulations—

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

• “the Approval Regulations” means the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations 2003^f1;

• “approval requirements” has the same meaning as in the Approval Regulations;

• “appeal” means an appeal under section 60 of the Act in respect of the determination of an application;

• “application” means an application (whether an original application or a further application) under regulation 5 of the Approval Regulations for the issue of a Minister’s approval certificate under section 58 of the Act;

• “examination” means an examination for the purposes of an application;

• “exceptional circumstances” means an accident, a fire, an epidemic, severe weather, a failure in the supply of essential services or other unexpected happening (excluding a breakdown or mechanical defect in a vehicle or non-delivery of spare parts for that vehicle);

• “further application” means an application made in accordance with regulation 5(6) of the Approval Regulations;

• “holiday” means any day which is a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or a Bank Holiday (as defined in the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f2);

• “low power moped” means a vehicle fitted with pedals and an auxiliary engine of a power output not exceeding 1 kilowatt and a maximum speed not exceeding 25 kilometres per hour being a moped within the meaning of the first indent of Article 1(2) of Council Directive 92/61/EEC relating to the type-approval of two or three wheel motor vehicles^f3 as amended by Directive 2000/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4;

• “original application” means an application made in accordance with regulation 5(1) to (3) of the Approval Regulations, not being a further application;

• “out of hours period” means—

  1. (a)

     a holiday; or

  2. (b)

     any part of a day not being a holiday, other than between—

     1. (i)

        8.00 am and 5.00 pm on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday; or

     2. (ii)

        8.00 am and 4.30 pm on a Friday;

• “part”, in relation to a vehicle, includes a system, a separate technical unit and a component;

• “re-examination” means an examination for the purposes of an appeal; and

• “relevant vehicles” means those vehicles to which the Approval Regulations apply.

These Regulations apply to relevant vehicles.