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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-amendment-order-1998/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2249",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (Amendment) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-amendment-order-1998",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 16 of the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1979",
  "text": "(1) Article 16 shall be amended as follows.\n(2) After paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following paragraph–\n“(1A) In this Article–\n“the 1986 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986; and\n“the 1989 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989.”\n(3) In paragraph (2)–\n(a) in sub-paragraphs (A) and (B), for the words “the Construction and Use Regulations” in each place where those words occur there shall be substituted the words “the 1986 Regulations and the 1989 Regulations”;\n(b) in condition (a), there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “subject to paragraph (3)”;\n(c) for condition (b), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–\n“(b) the relevant requirements, to the extent that they are applicable to the vehicle, shall be complied with or (as the case may be) shall not be contravened;”;\n(d) in condition (c), there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “subject to paragraph (7),”;\n(e) in condition (d), there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “subject to paragraph (8),” and for the words “Regulations 9 or 73 of the Construction and Use Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “Regulation 7 of the 1986 Regulations”;\n(f) in condition (e), there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “subject to paragraph (8),”;\n(g) in condition (f), for the words “the Construction and Use Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “the 1986 Regulations”.\n(4) After paragraph (2), there shall be inserted the following paragraphs–\n“(3) Paragraph (2)(a) shall not apply if the vehicle is being used in the following circumstances–\n(a) a person (“the approved person”) has been approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this article in respect of the vehicle;\n(b) the vehicle is registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in the name of the approved person and no one else; and\n(c) the requirements of paragraph (4) or (5) are met.\n(4) The requirements of this paragraph are that the vehicle is being used by the approved person and he is using it for the sole purpose of making an evaluation of the vehicle.\n(5) The requirements of this paragraph are that–\n(a) the approved person has lent the vehicle to a person (“the borrower”) for the borrower’s own use on terms which include a requirement that the borrower must–\n(i) supply to the approved person information or opinions derived from such use; and\n(ii) return the vehicle to the approved person on demand;\n(b) the vehicle is being used by the borrower in accordance with such terms; and\n(c) the approved person requires the information or opinions for the purposes of evaluating the vehicle.\n(6) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the relevant requirements are the requirements of–\n(a) the provisions of the 1986 Regulations (so far as they would otherwise apply to the vehicle) set out in the left hand column of Table I below as modified for the purposes of this article in accordance with the entries in the right hand column of that Table; and\n(b) the provisions of the 1989 Regulations (so far as they would otherwise apply to the vehicle) set out in the left hand column of Table II below as modified for the purposes of this Article in accordance with the entries made in the right hand column of that Table.\n(7) Paragraph (2)(c) shall not apply to the vehicle when it is being used in circumstances where all the provisions of the 1986 Regulations as to the weights of vehicles whether laden or unladen, or the weights transmitted to the road surface by all or any of the wheels are complied with.\n(8) If a vehicle forms part of a combination of vehicles, paragraph (2)(d) and (e) shall have effect in relation to that vehicle as if–\n(a) each reference to its overall length included a reference to the overall length of the combination of vehicles; and\n(b) the reference to particulars of the vehicle were a reference to particulars of each vehicle in the combination.\n(9) A reference in this Article to any enactment comprised in the 1986 Regulations or the 1989 Regulations is a reference to that enactment as from time to time amended or as from time to time re-enacted with or without modification.\n(10) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as authorising a vehicle to be used when–\n(a) the condition of the vehicle or its accessories or equipment;\n(b) the purpose for which it is used;\n(c) the number of passengers carried by it, or the manner in which they are carried; or\n(d) the weight, position or distribution of its load, or the manner in which it is secured,\nis such that the use of the vehicle involves a danger of injury to any person.\nTABLE I\n(see paragraph (6)(a))\nProvision of the 1986 Regulations\nSubject matter\nModifications made to the 1986 Regulations for the purposes of this Article\nRegulation 10\nIndication of overall travelling height\nRegulation 16\nBraking systems\nIn regulation 16(1) for the words “to which regulation 15 does not apply” there shall be substituted the words “and has effect subject to the proviso in paragraph of regulation 15”.\nRegulation 18(1)\nMaintenance and efficiency of brakes\nRegulation 20\nGeneral requirement as to wheels and tracks\nRegulation 26\nMixing of tyres\nRegulation 27\nConditions and maintenance of tyres\nRegulation 29\nMaintenance of steering gear\nRegulation 30\nView to the front\nRegulation 34\nWindscreen wipers and washers\nRegulation 37\nAudible warning instruments\nRegulation 53\nMascots\nRegulation 54\nSilencers—general\nRegulation 61\nEmissions\nRegulation 62\nClosets etc.\nRegulations 81 and 82\nRestrictions on the use of vehicles carrying wide or long loads or having fixed appliances or apparatus\nIn regulation 82(8)(c)(ii)(B) the reference to paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the 1986 Regulations shall be omitted.\nRegulation 83\nNumber of trailers\nRegulation 84\nTrailers drawn by motor cycles\nRegulation 86\nDistance between motor vehicles and trailers\nRegulation 89\nLeaving trailers at rest\nRegulation 90\nPassengers in trailers\nRegulation 92\nAttachment of side cars\nRegulation 97\nAvoidance of excessive noise\nRegulation 98\nStopping of engine when stationary\nRegulation 99\nUse of audible warning instruments\nRegulation 100\nMaintenance and use of vehicles so as not to be a danger\nRegulation 101\nParking in darkness\nRegulation 102\nPassengers on motor cycles\nRegulation 103\nObstruction\nRegulation 104\nDriver’s control\nRegulation 105\nOpening of doors\nRegulation 106\nReversing\nRegulation 107\nLeaving motor vehicle unattended\nRegulation 108\nSecuring of suspended implements\nRegulation 109\nTelevision sets\nTABLE II\n(see paragraph (6)(b))\nProvision of the 1989 Regulations\nSubject matter\nModifications made to the 1989 Regulations for the purpose of this Article\nRegulation 11\nColour of lights shown by lamps and reflectors\nRegulation 13\nLamps to show steady light\nRegulation 16\nRestrictions on fitting blue warning beacons, special warning lamps and similar devices\nRegulation 17\nObligatory warning beacons\nRegulation 18\nObligatory lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices\nIn regulation 18(1)(b) there shall be added at the end:\n“as if–\n(i) the requirements relating to the markings of lamps, retro-reflectors and rear markings were omitted;\n(ii) the requirements relating to angles of visibility were omitted;\n(iii) the requirements relating to the positioning of any lamp, retro-reflector or rear marking permitted any specified maximum measurement to be increased by 5 per cent and any specified minimum measurement to be decreased by 5 per cent; and\n(iv) the requirements relating to the fitting of a dim-dip device or running lamp in Table 1 of Schedule 1 were omitted.”;\nRegulation 19\nRestrictions on the obstruction of certain lamps and reflectors\nRegulation 21\nProjecting trailers and vehicles carrying overhanging or projecting loads or equipment\nRegulation 22\nAdditional side marker lamps\nIn paragraph (1), after the words paragraph (2) there shall be inserted “and subject to paragraph (3)”.\nIn paragraph (3), there shall be added at the end:\n“as if–\n(i) the requirements relating to the markings of lamps, retro-reflectors and rear markings were omitted;\n(ii) the requirements relating to angles of visibility were omitted; and\n(iii) the requirements relating to the positioning of any lamp, retro-reflector or rear marking permitted any specified maximum measurement to be increased by 5 per cent and any specified minimum measurement to be decreased by 5 per cent.”\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1078; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/676, 1988/270; 1989/1865 and 2360; 1990/317, 1131, 1163 and 1981; 1991/1526, 2003, 2125 and 2170; 1992/352, 2137, 2909 and 3285; 1993/2199; 1994/14 and 2192; 1995/551, 1201 and 2210."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1796; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1994/2280."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1994 c. 22."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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