# The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 1996, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3013/schedule/5/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-approval-regulations-1996/schedule-5/paragraph-4
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