# The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1999


For Part 1 (fire extinguishing apparatus) of Schedule 7 to the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1999 substitute—
“PART 1
Fire Extinguishing Apparatus
Regulation 51(1)
1. (1) A fire extinguisher which complies in all respects with the specification for portable fire extinguishers issued by the British Standards Institution numbered BS EN 3-7:2004+A1:2007 and which—
(a) has a minimum test fire rating of 8A or 34B;
(b) contains water or foam; and
(c) has a minimum capacity of two litres.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to a minibus if it carries apparatus for extinguishing fire which would meet the requirements of that sub-paragraph were there substituted—
(a) for a reference in that sub-paragraph to any British Standard, a reference to a corresponding standard;
(b) for the reference in that sub-paragraph to a test fire rating of 8A or the reference to a test fire rating of 34B, a reference to an equivalent level of performance specified in the corresponding standard; and
(c) for the reference in regulation 51(2)(b) to the appropriate British Standards Institution Specification number, a reference to a marking indicating compliance with the corresponding standard.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), “corresponding standard”, in relation to a British Standard, means—
(a) a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of an EEA State or the Republic of Turkey;
(b) any international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey; or
(c) a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey,
where the standard or code of practice, international standard or technical specification provides, in relation to fire extinguishers, a level of safety equivalent to that provided by the British Standard and contains a requirement as respect the markings of fire extinguishers equivalent to that provided by the British Standard.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3)—
“EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement; and
“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/140/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-2
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