# The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2003, Regulation 2: Interpretation and application


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;
“the Approval Regulations” means the Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) Regulations 2003;
“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);
“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 as amended by Directive 2000/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
“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—
(a) a holiday; or
(b) any part of a day not being a holiday, other than between—
(i) 8.00 am and 5.00 pm on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday; or
(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.
(2) These Regulations apply to relevant vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1960/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-single-vehicle-approval-fees-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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