# Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (revoked) S.R. 2001/172 · made 11 April 2001 · revised to 1 September 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-approval-regulations-northern-ireland-2001-revoked/pdf/nisr_20010172_en.pdf ## Introductory text ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Made 11th April 2001 Coming into operation 1st June 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Approval Requirements For Relevant Vehicles ## 3 Application of Regulations to special purpose vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Approval requirements for relevant vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Miscellaneous ## 5 Application for Department’s approval certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Assignment of vehicle identification numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Form of certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Replacement certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Obligatory certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Licences not to be issued for vehicles unless appropriate certificates are in force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Schedule 1 vehicles ## 1 Meaning of “Schedule 1 vehicle” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Personally imported vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Amateur-built vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Vehicles manufactured in very low volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Vehicles manufactured using parts of a registered vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Disabled person’s vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Rebuilt vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 Approval requirements for relevant vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 TO SCHEDULE 2 (Item 7, Rear-view mirrors) (All passenger vehicles and goods vehicles having a maximum gross weight not exceeding 2 tonnes) ## 2 TO SCHEDULE 2 (Item 7, Rear-view mirrors) (Goods vehicles having a maximum gross weight exceeding 2 tonnes) ## Schedule 3 Approval requirements for relevant vehicles except Schedule 1 vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 Form of Department’s approval certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Community Instruments and ECE Regulations ## 1 References to Community Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 References to ECE Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II References to Community Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III References to ECE Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/172 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-approval-regulations-northern-ireland-2001-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.