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Regulation 42 Speed limiters fitted to buses and coaches

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This regulation applies to every bus and coach which—

(a)

has a maximum gross weight exceeding 10 tonnes;

(b)

has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h; and

(c)

was first used on or after 1st January 1988.

(2)

Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be fitted with a speed limiter which must—

(a)

be sealed by an authorised sealer in such a manner as to protect the limiter against any improper interference or adjustment and against any interference of its power supply;

(b)

be maintained in good and efficient working order; and

(c)

be calibrated to a set speed not exceeding 100 km/h.

(3)

A speed limiter fitted before 1st October 1994 to a vehicle to which this regulation applies must comply with—

(a)

Part 1 of the British Standard; or

(b)

the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24.

(4)

A speed limiter fitted on or after 1st October 1994 to a vehicle to which this regulation applies must comply with the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24.

(5)

This regulation does not apply to a vehicle—

(a)

being taken to a place where a speed limiter is to be installed, calibrated, repaired or replaced; or

(b)

completing a journey in the course of which the speed limiter has accidentally ceased to function.

(6)

Paragraph (2)(a) shall have effect in relation to—

(a)

a speed limiter fitted before 1st January 1995 to a vehicle first used before that date; or

(b)

a speed limiter sealed outside the United Kingdom,

as if the words “by an authorised sealer” were omitted.

(7)

Paragraph (3) does not apply to a speed limiter fitted to a vehicle if the speed limiter complies with an equivalent standard.

(8)

Until 22nd February 2001, in relation to a vehicle not used for transport operations outside the United Kingdom and first used before 22nd February 2000, paragraph (2)(c) shall have effect as if for “100 km/h” there were substituted “105 km/h”.

(9)

In this regulation—

  • “authorised sealer” means a person authorised by the Department in accordance with Schedule 3 of these Regulations, or by the Secretary of State for Transport in accordance with Schedule 3B of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986f1;

  • “equivalent standard” means—

    1. (i)

      a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State; or

    2. (ii)

      any international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State; or

    3. (iii)

      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,

    where the standard, code of practice, international standard or technical specification provides, in relation to speed limiters, a level of speed control equivalent to that provided by Part 1 of the British Standard;

  • “Part 1 of the British Standard” means the British Standard for Maximum Road Speed Limiters for Motor Vehicles which was published by the British Standards Institution under the number BS/AU 217: Part 1: 1987 and which came into effect on 28th May 1987; and

  • “speed limiter” means a device whose primary function is to control the fuel feed to the engine in order to limit the vehicle speed to the specified value.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1986/1078; relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 1988/271 and 1524, S.I. 1991/1527 and S.I. 1992/422