Regulation 69 Noise limits — construction requirements relating to motor cycles
Subject to regulation 72, this regulation applies to every motor vehicle first used on or after lst April 1983 which is—
a moped; or
a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not with sidecar attached, which is not a moped.
A vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be so constructed that it meets—
if it is first used before 1st April 1991, the requirements of item 1 or 2 of the Table in Part I of Schedule 9;
if it is first used on or after that date, the requirements of item 2 of that Table.
Instead of complying with paragraph (2), a vehicle first used before 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 78/1015, 87/56 or 89/235.
Instead of complying with paragraph (2) a vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 87/56 or 89/235.
In this regulation “moped” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 7 of Schedule 12.