Paragraph 4 References to ECE Regulations

(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations, where a vehicle does not comply with an item in Schedule 2 or 3 of these Regulations, it shall nevertheless be regarded as complying with that item if—

(a)

that item contains a reference to an ECE Regulation (“the base Regulation”) that is not followed by a full-stop and 2 digits; and

(b)

the vehicle would comply with that item were there substituted for that reference, a reference to an entry in column (3) of Part III of this Schedule shown against that Regulation.

(2)

For the purposes of these Regulations, where a vehicle does not comply with an item in Schedule 2 or 3 of these Regulations, it shall nevertheless be regarded as complying with that item if—

(a)

that item contains a reference to an ECE Regulation (“the base Regulation”) that is followed by a full-stop and 2 digits; and

(b)

the vehicle would comply with that item were there substituted for that reference, a reference

(i)

against that Regulation, and

(ii)

below the entry in column (3) of Part III of this Schedule for that ECE Regulation and those 2 digits.