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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-approval-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3013",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-approval-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of Part II",
  "text": "(1) This Part of these Regulations applies to every motor vehicle which—\n(a) is a vehicle to which the 1984 Regulations apply or to which those Regulations would apply but for regulation 3(2)(a), (b), (e) or (j)) of those Regulations;\n(b) meets the requirements of paragraph 1,2 or 3 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and\n(c) is not a motor ambulance or a motor caravan.\n(2) This Part of these Regulations also applies to every motor vehicle which—\n(a) is a motor ambulance or a motor caravan;\n(b) has four or more wheels; and\n(c) is a vehicle to which the 1984 Regulations apply.\n(3) In these Regulations, “relevant passenger vehicle” means a vehicle to which this Part of these Regulations apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1008",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
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      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1008",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2082",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3226",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1972",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1972",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3013/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:05.357615+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."
}